Around 1,700 imported cases of dengue were recorded in the country and the authorities are asking to take the necessary precautions.
France reached a record number of imported cases of dengueregistering almost 1,700 since the beginning of 2024. This represents an “unprecedented” situation three months before the beginning of the Olympic Gamesas the health authorities warned this Tuesday.
“From January 1, 2024, 1,679 cases of dengue were imported into metropolitan France, against 131 during the same period in 2023“said the Director General of Health, Grégory Emery, at a press conference. As he explained, these cases correspond to people who traveled to regions of the world, such as the French Antilles, where this virus transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus circulates endemically.” Aedes”, like the tiger (“Aedes albopictus”).
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“It is a reflection of what is happening in the Antilles and, more broadly, in Latin America and the Caribbean,” where dengue has been circulating since the beginning of the year “at unprecedented levels,” said the head of Santé Publique France, Caroline Semaille. With 3.5 million cases in so far this year, Latin America and the Caribbean are probably going through their “worst dengue season,” the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
In advance of the Olympic Games, which will begin on July 26, the French health authorities called to “stay vigilant” and to adopt good gestures to limit the proliferation of the tiger mosquito”, such as, for example, eliminating stagnant water and avoiding bites.
Record number of dengue cases in Argentina
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The country accumulated 315 thousand cases of dengue so far this year, while during the season they totaled more than 333 thousand and 238 deaths due to the disease, as reported by the Epidemiological Bulletin (BEN) issued by the Ministry of Health.
According to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Argentina leads the ranking of cases in America, followed by Brazil. In any case, the department’s data indicates that there was a 32% decrease in dengue cases in the last week of March from the 24th to the 30th, compared to the week from the 17th to the 23rd of the same month. Although there has been a slowdown in the spread of cases, the situation continues to be alarming, and the authorities are asking for extreme prevention measures.
Source: Ambito
