Dengue epidemic hits Buenos Aires

Argentina is going through a historic dengue epidemic with 106 deaths and more than 151,000 cases in the current season.

The digital media Infobae states that the registered infections are at a record high and for the first time experts are warning about this cases are reported throughout almost the entire yearwhen it was usual in there would be no infections in the cold winter months.

The South American country enters autumn, after a hot summer with record high temperatures.

He Minister of Health of Buenos Aires, Fernán Quiróshe argued that this outbreak was caused by multiple factors such as climate change and what he called socio-environmental disruption, which the vector mosquito uses to reproduce.

To deal with the current dengue epidemic, they have set up 18 temperature units inside hospital structuresthe official indicated.

He attributed agglomerations what can be seen in some hospitals in the city corresponds to this dynamic.

“The number of people waiting is very high,” he clarified It’s not about careless peoplebut those who are “waiting for the analysis to be finished”, he explained.

As for the evolution of the disease, Quirós reported that behavior shows it In mid-April, it begins to decline.

“Then the adult mosquito (population) starts to decrease and there is still another week of people incubating and expressing the disease a week later. But sure We are in the final weeks of dengue cases in the cityQuirós said.

The minister emphasized that if a person has a fever, they should first take it alone paracetamol and stay hydrated persistently.

“The intensive hydration is the main protector to prevent the disease from becoming serious,” he stated.