Brazil: Dengue Fever Crisis in Rio de Janeiro

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | March 26th, 2008 | Trackback

Some 33,000 people have contracted dengue fever and 48 have died in Rio de Janeiro state this year in what appears to be an epidemic of the disease. Already more people have died this year than in all of 2002, the last year Rio had a dengue epidemic, and the vast majority have been in the city, not rural areas. Overall dengue is down throughout Brazil, but it is up significantly in Rio. The military has stepped forward to help with the issue, saying that among other measures it is ready to set up military hospitals to help with the demand for care that is overtaxing the city’s hospitals.

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