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Dengue cases set a new record in the Americas this year as deaths also surge
2 weeks ago

Dengue cases set a new record in the Americas this year as deaths also surge

Associated Press  

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Dengue fever is sweeping across the Caribbean and the Americas, with a record 12.6 million suspected cases of the mosquito-transmitted virus reported this year, nearly triple the number from last year, health officials said Tuesday. The number of cases in the region, which includes the United States, is the highest reported since record keeping began …

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Dengue is sweeping through the Americas early this year
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Dengue is sweeping through the Americas early this year

Associated Press  

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Dengue is surging across the Americas early this year from Puerto Rico to Brazil, with 3.5 million cases of the tropical disease reported so far, health officials said Thursday. That tally is three times the number of cases reported at this point last year, said Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, director of the Pan American Health Organization, …

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Dengue is sweeping through the Americas early this year
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Dengue is sweeping through the Americas early this year

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Dengue is surging across the …

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Omicron detected in nearly every country in Americas: PAHO
2 years, 11 months ago

Omicron detected in nearly every country in Americas: PAHO

Al Jazeera  

The virus spread rapidly across the region during the holiday season and is challenging already strained health systems. Driven by the rapid spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, new infections have reached unprecedented levels across the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization said, doubling cases during the past week. During a regular news briefing on Wednesday, PAHO Director Carissa Etienne …

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US: Doctors in Alaska making ‘difficult choices’ amid COVID surge
3 years, 2 months ago

US: Doctors in Alaska making ‘difficult choices’ amid COVID surge

Al Jazeera  

PAHO director says Alaska doctors are deciding which patients get hospital beds amid worst COVID outbreak in the US. @DirOPSPAHO #COVID19 — PAHO/WHO October 6, 2021 Carissa Etienne, director of the Pan American Health Organization, the Americas branch of the World Health Organization, warned on Wednesday that doctors in Alaska have been forced to make “difficult choices” amid the surge …

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Covid Cases Surge in North America, Decline in South America, Says Health Agency
3 years, 3 months ago

Covid Cases Surge in North America, Decline in South America, Says Health Agency

News 18  

COVID-19 infections have risen by a third in North America over the past week, due to surges in the United States and Canada, where new infections have doubled in the province of Alberta, the Pan American Health Organization said on Wednesday. The United States is reporting more than 100,000 new daily infections for the first time since January and hospital …

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Amid Delta surge, PAHO to increase vaccine access in the Americas
3 years, 4 months ago

Amid Delta surge, PAHO to increase vaccine access in the Americas

Al Jazeera  

More than 1.3 million COVID-19 cases and 19,000 deaths were reported in the Americas during the past week, PAHO says. More than 1.3 million COVID-19 cases and 19,000 related deaths were reported in the Americas during the past week, PAHO officials said. Meanwhile, the US government said Wednesday that it will deliver nearly 837,000 Pfizer vaccines to Caribbean nations as …

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‘Cautionary tale’: Haiti sees COVID surge as it awaits vaccines
3 years, 6 months ago

‘Cautionary tale’: Haiti sees COVID surge as it awaits vaccines

Al Jazeera  

Hospitals are being stretched to their limits amid a rise in cases while Haiti has not yet received any vaccine doses. The upwards trend could prove “catastrophic”, said Laure Adrien, general director of Haiti’s Health Ministry. Lack of vaccines Meanwhile, Haiti has yet to receive a single coronavirus vaccine, though officials say they expect to get 130,000 AstraZeneca doses this …

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COVID rising in the Americas, except in the US, Canada and Mexico
3 years, 6 months ago

COVID rising in the Americas, except in the US, Canada and Mexico

Al Jazeera  

The Pan American Health Organization blamed the region’s leaders for an ineffective response to the pandemic. Coronavirus infections are back on the rise in much of the Americas region after weeks of plateauing and decreasing in figures, the Pan American Health Organization said on Wednesday. While the United States, Canada and Mexico are reporting an overall decline in cases and …

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COVID surge in Americas could be ‘even larger’ than in 2020: PAHO
3 years, 8 months ago

COVID surge in Americas could be ‘even larger’ than in 2020: PAHO

Al Jazeera  

Coronavirus cases are mounting in several countries, prompting a warning from the Pan American Health Organization chief. The head of the World Health Organization’s Americas body has warned that the region could see a worse spike in coronavirus infections than the one it experienced last year, as several countries are struggling to contain mounting infections and deaths. In a news …

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