NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to the general director of Health Surveillance in Paraguay, Dr. Guillermo Sequera, there were 3,845 chikungunya cases reported in the last three weeks, mostly from the Central...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The report from the General Directorate of Health Surveillance indicates that, in the last three weeks of 2023, a total of 5,235 cases of chikungunya, 663 of dengue and none of Zika...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The general director of Health Surveillance in Paraguay, Dr. Guillermo Sequera announced a decrease in chikungunya cases in the past three weeks, noting the country saw just 6,808...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In this news report, I look at the current and ongoing epidemic of chikungunya in Paraguay. Neti pots and Naegleria Nipah virus outbreak in Bangladesh 2023 Uganda declares Ebola...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Since October 2022 through April 14, 2023, Paraguay’s health ministry reported 91 total chikungunya deaths–One who died in the year 2022 and 90 this year. Two-thirds...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to the Paraguay Ministry of Health, in the past three weeks, 13,847 chikungunya cases were reported with the majority in Central (3,735, or 27%), Asuncion (2,644, or 19%)...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated their previous travel notice  on Paraguay from late February on April 6. The travel notice was issued because of the...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to the report of the General Directorate of Health Surveillance, in the last three epidemiological weeks (EW 10, 11 and 12 of the year 2023), 14,588 cases of chikungunya...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 A team from the United States CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) has been in the country for a few days. These are epidemiologists from the Division of Vector Diseases...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The World Health Organization (WHO) wrote in a recent Disease Outbreak News (DON) concerning the geographical expansion of dengue and chikungunya beyond the historical areas of transmission...