The World Health Organization (WHO) is preparing for the further spread of viral diseases such as dengue, Zika and chikungunya related to the weather phenomenon of The boyThe agency’s director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Wednesday.
El Niño, a warming of water surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacific Ocean, has officially returned after a three-year weather pattern of The girl.
Extreme weather events are likely this year, from tropical cyclones swinging towards vulnerable Pacific islands to torrential rains in South America, to droughts in Australia and parts of Asia.
“The WHO is preparing for the very high probability that 2023 and 2024 will be marked by the El Niño phenomenon, which could increase the transmission of dengue and other arboviruses, such as Zika and chikungunya.Ghebreyesus said.
The person in charge of the WHO He also warned that climate change is promoting the breeding of mosquitoes and the incidence of dengue has already increased considerably in recent decades, especially in the American continent.
Peru has declared a state of emergency in most regions this year and its health minister, Rosa Gutierrez, resigned last week amid rising dengue cases.
The disease is transmitted by mosquito bite Aedes aegypti and its symptoms include fever, eye pain, headache, muscle and joint pain, nausea, vomiting and fatigue.
Source: Reuters
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