Dengue warnings

[NewsWhore]

Fears of a dengue fever outbreak have once again hit the Dominican Republic. Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez assured citizens that the National Epidemiology System is on full alert. So far this year 26 deaths have been directly linked with dengue fever, which is transmitted by the Aegis Aegypti mosquito. Listin Diario reports that last week alone 25 children were taken to the Robert Reid hospital, and of those children 60% were diagnosed with a severe strain of dengue, which can be fatal if left untreated. That particular hospital has treated 74 children for dengue during the month of October. The increase in dengue cases has been dramatic. In September 2008 hospitals only registered 88 dengue cases, while in September 2009 they recorded 217 new dengue cases. The director of the Robert Reid Children's Hospital, Emilio Mena Castillo, says the hospital is receiving between 10 and 12 new cases every day.

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