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 has increased eightfoldand this year the number of cases has almost reached record levels.
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According to WHO, over 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.
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 experts of the organization pointed out that this disease has the potential to cause a pandemic due to the fact that it retains its status as the fastest spreading tropical disease on Earthin the risk group of which is half of the people living on the planet.
The WHO has warned that the fever is taking over new regions, which is made possible by global warming, which contributes to the creation of a favorable habitat for dengue vectors, which are mosquitoes.
2023-07-28 10:16:00
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