Total Brazil’s Ministry of Health has recorded 512,353 cases of dengue feverimplies significant increase compared to the same period last year, when the incidence curve began to rise in February and 128,842 people were registered with the disease.

Climate change has a major impact on public health

“Climate change is a health issue, it is a public health issue. now this first global public health risk and the disease cases that are most often associated with climate change are mosquito-borne diseases, and dengue is one of them, but we also have chikungunya and Zika,” says Daniel Rojas, an environmental epidemiologist at Colorado State University.

The hardest hit state so far is Minas Geraiswith 171 thousand cases, far ahead Sao Paulowith 83,600 infections, and Brasiliawith 64 thousand 400.

This was reported by an environmental epidemiologist.

We expect dengue and Zika cases to increase by 10-20% over the next 30 years due to climate change.

Concerns in neighboring countries

The surge is of particular concern to tourists and locals given the large crowds in Brazil. annual carnivalwhich unites tens of thousands of people at outdoor parties for several days and nights.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said last Friday it was concerned about Dengue outbreaks in different Latin American countrieshow in Paraguay, Colombia, Mexico or Puerto Ricowhich is approaching the epidemic threshold with more than 130 cases.

These trends are also worrying the United States, where outbreaks occurred in Florida, Texas and southern California last year.

At this rate, it is estimated that neighboring countries could significantly exceed their annual records and records. 4.2 million infections. Its record dates back to 2015 and amounted to 1.6 million people.