The dengue outbreak has already left at least 248 dead and led to the resignation of Rosa Gutiérrez, MD, from her post as Peru’s Minister of Health.
From the article:
Peru is suffering a very bad outbreak of something that’s been nicknamed “break-bone fever”—dengue. In fact, it’s been a historically bad outbreak, as in the worst dengue outbreak that the country has ever had. The outbreak has already left over 146,000 people infected and at least 248 dead. It’s also resulted in the resignation of Rosa Gutiérrez, MD, from her post as Peru’s Minister of Health amidst questions about her handling of the outbreak. And don’t expect Peru to get a break from this outbreak any time soon.
That’s because El Niño and Cyclone Yaku brought lots of rain to the northern portions of Peru during the months of April and May. And such conditions have led to a situation that really bites and sucks: surge in the mosquito population. That’s included a surge of Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that can carry any of the four different types of dengue viruses out there and infect you by biting you.
Yikes. What are the symptoms of dengue?
First you get the fever, headache, vomiting, bone pain, rash.
Then you might get bleeding out your nose and gums, weakness, a lot more vomiting.
Source: WHO Factsheet.
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