Brazil – which is facing the worst dengue epidemic in its history – has registered a record of more than four million cases of the disease so far in 2024, with an incidence rate of 2,032 infections per 100,000 inhabitants, the Ministry reported. of health.
According to the new epidemiological bulletin of the Ministry, in the first 16 weeks of 2024 – that is, until April 28 – Brazil registered 4.1 million probable cases of dengue, a number that doubles the figure for 2015 (1.6 million ), which was the year with the most infections.
The Ministry of Health predicts that Brazil will end 2024 with a record of nearly 4.4 million cases. The numbers show that the rate of contagion has slowed down sharply in recent weeks, after the end of summer, a time in which heat and humidity encourage the reproduction of the transmitting mosquito: Aedes aegypti.
The current epidemic is attributed to the effects of the El Niño climate phenomenon, which raised temperatures and increased rainfall throughout the country.
In the midst of the epidemic, in February 2024, Brazil became the first country in the world to offer the dengue vaccine through the public health system, although the low number of doses available has limited its application only to girls. children and adolescents. Source: news
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2024-05-02 02:56:48