Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Dengue epidemic raging on in Rio de Janeiro

This years dengue epidemic is raging on in Rio de Janiero, with 76,385 cases reported in the city alone until 9th May this year, according to ProMedMail (see also here). In the whole state of Rio, 134,643 cases have been reported so far. In the state of Rio, 106 deaths occured due to dengue, with 3 additional cases between 4th and 10th May. 64 of these deaths occured in Rio de Janeiro.

At the same time, the governor of the state Rio Grande do Norte declared a state of emergency due to the 19,157 dengue cases, 78 DHF cases and 2 deaths reported until 3rd May this year in 154 cities in the state.


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