Latin America faces an outbreak of dengue cases. In less than three months in 2024, health authorities in the region have already recorded more than 3.5 million cases and a thousand deaths.
Dengue is a viral disease that causes high fever with, in rare cases, progressing to a more serious form causing bleeding. Deaths are very rare - about 0.01% of all cases. Widespread in hot countries, the virus occurs mainly in urban and semi-urban areas and causes 100 to 400 million infections per year.