Timor-Leste dengue outbreak: 3700 cases, 44 deaths through 1st three months

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The federal government of Timor-Leste has recorded greater than 1,000 dengue fever circumstances in every of the primary three months of 2022, reporting a complete of three,713 circumstances by means of March 29.

This compares to 1451 whole circumstances reported in all of 2020 and 901 whole circumstances in all of final 12 months.

44 fatalities have been reported within the southeast Asian nation up to now, greater than double the fatalities recorded previously full two years.

The capital metropolis of Dili has now seen 2,465 circumstances and 23 deaths representing 66 and 52 % of the nation’s whole, respectively.

In line with the European CDC (ECDC), in 2022, and as of 9 March, 182,502 circumstances and 230 deaths have been reported. Nearly all of circumstances have been reported from Brazil (115 317), and nearly all of deaths are from Indonesia (164).