Paraguay, with 90 deaths and more than 68,000 infections with the chikungunya virus

DrPatients over 60 years of age and newborns are the main victims of this virus, which is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.

Of the total deaths, 54 were men and 37 were women, Efe reported.

The Director General of Health Surveillance, Guillermo Sequeira, confirmed in a press conference on the epidemiological situation in the country that “the two ends of life are the most recorded cases.”

The official confirmed that there had been a “very significant drop” in cases in Central Circuit after the Easter break.

However, the central region and the capital, the most populous in the country, have 47% of the infections concentrated.

She added that the chikungunya epidemic “has spread” to the interior of the country.

Specifically, an increase in infections has been reported in the provinces of Alto Paraná, Guaira, Paraguay, Amambay, Caguazu and Itapua.

Sequeira also warned of an increase in dengue cases, a virus endemic in the country of which Aedes aegypti is a vector.

Records indicate more than 200 dengue patients per week.

“There is still dengue. There is and [os casos] increasing “.

The total number of dengue cases with health authorities so far this year is 1925.

Paraguay, which has been on epidemiological alert for chikungunya since January, detected its first purebred case of the disease in 2015.

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