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The World Health Organization (WHO), in a publication on its official website, reported that between 2000 and 2022, the number of people infected with dengue fever increased eightfold. This year, the number of cases has almost reached a record high.
According to the WHO, more than 4 million people around the world were infected with this disease last year alone. It was first detected in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, and in Peru, against the backdrop of the spread of fever in many regions, the country’s authorities were forced to declare a state of emergency, the portal writes. gismeteo.ru.
It is noted that in 2019 the number of recorded cases of infection with the disease reached a record high of 5.2 million infected in 129 countries, and the total number of infections could reach about 400 million cases from year to year. The organization’s experts pointed out that this disease could cause a pandemic due to the fact that it retains the status of the fastest spreading tropical disease on Earth, in the risk group of which is half of the people living on the planet.
The WHO emphasized that the fever captures new regions. This is possible because of global warming, which creates a favorable habitat for dengue vectors, which are mosquitoes.
2023-07-28 20:31:00
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