PAHO warns of ‘complex situation’ of dengue in Caribbean

WASHINGTON (CMC):

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is warning of what it describes as “the complex situation” of dengue in Latin America and the Caribbean.

It says the region is currently experiencing “a new epidemic cycle of the disease”after two years of low incidence.

According to the latest PAHO epidemiological update, during the first seven months of 2019, more than two million people contracted the disease, and 723 died.

PAHO said the number of cases exceeds the total number of cases reported in 2017 and 2018 “although so far, it remains lower than the number recorded in 20152016”.