{"id":135841,"date":"2024-12-11T14:43:30","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T07:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135841"},"modified":"2024-12-11T14:43:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T07:43:30","slug":"record-dengue-outbreak-in-americas-kills-7700-this-year-paho-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135841","title":{"rendered":"Record dengue outbreak in Americas kills 7,700 this year, PAHO says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">MEXICO CITY (Reuters) &#8211; Reported cases of dengue in the Americas nearly tripled to a record high of over 12.6 million this year, including 21,000 severe cases and over 7,700 deaths, the Pan American Health Organization said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">This year&#8217;s outbreak of dengue, the most common mosquito-borne disease worldwide, is the biggest since records began in 1980, according to the PAHO, which urged stronger mitigation efforts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The deadly viral illness has hit Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico especially hard, with the four Latin American nations accounting for 90% of cases and 88% of deaths, according to a PAHO statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-body md:hidden\">\n<div class=\"mx-auto mb-5 flex flex-col overflow-hidden rounded-xl pb-5 shadow-[0_0_1px_rgba(200,160,251,.63),0_2px_6px_1px_#F3E6FE]\">\n<h4 class=\"m-auto block px-4 pb-4 pt-2 text-lg font-bold leading-6\">Trusted news and daily delights, right in your inbox<\/h4>\n<p class=\"m-auto px-4 pb-4 text-sm font-normal\">See for yourself \u2014 The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Children are at elevated risk of contracting dengue and suffering its more severe consequences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">In Guatemala, children represent 70% of dengue-related deaths, while those under age 15 make up more than a third of severe cases in Mexico, Costa Rica and Paraguay, PAHO data shows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The organization, the Americas arm of the U.N.&#8217;s World Health Organization, notes that climate events across the region have favored mosquito proliferation, while also citing accumulated water and poor waste management as factors that boost breeding of the insects that carry and spread dengue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Some 4 billion people, or around half the world&#8217;s population, live in areas with a risk of contracting dengue, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">(Reporting by David Alire Garcia; 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