Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Health crisis hits Paraguay

Public hospitals in Paraguay have reported over 1400 cases of dengue fever that have led authorities to increase their efforts against the Aedes Aegypti mosquito (image)- the career of the disease. Nevertheless, one doctor who worked closely with government health authorities said that it is “impossible” to control the spread of the dengue fever, and even officials from neighboring Argentina are worried over recent cases of dengue by visitors crossing the border.


Links- Xinhua, Prensa Latina, Mercopress

Image- BBC Mundo

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