dengue

President Díaz-Canel praises advances in dengue vaccine candidate

Published on: March 21, 2023
18:11

Havana, Mar 21 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Tuesday praised progress achieved in creating new dengue vaccine candidate developed by the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB).

Cuba’s dengue vaccine candidate based on recombinant proteins

Published on: March 21, 2023
16:15

Havana, Mar 21 (Prensa Latina) Cuba´s vaccine candidate to treat dengue has a safe technological platform, as informed by the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB).

Bolivia reports more than 11,000 dengue fever patients

Published on: February 28, 2023
15:14

La Paz, Feb 28 (Prensa Latina) The Bolivian Ministry of Health and Sports on Tuesday reported 11,076 dengue fever cases in this country, 75 percent of them in the Santa Cruz department.

Bangladesh reports third dengue death in 2023

Published on: January 15, 2023
08:43

Dhaka, Jan 15 (Prensa Latina) Bangladesh on Sunday reported the third dengue death so far this year, according to data from the Directorate General of Health Services.

Dengue cases triple in Sri Lanka

Published on: January 1, 2023
08:18

Colombo, Jan 1 (Prensa Latina) Dengue cases tripled in Sri Lanka during 2022, compared to the previous year, Dr. Asela Gunawardena, Director-General of Health Services, warned on Sunday.

Panama reports third dengue death case

Published on: October 4, 2022
18:24

Panama City, Oct 4 (Prensa Latina) Panamanian health authorities on Tuesday confirmed the third death case from dengue, a woman resident in the Niba district, Besikó district, in the Ngabe Bugle indigenous region.

Record 360 dengue patients hospitalized, one death in Bangladesh

Published on: September 12, 2022
16:41

Dhaka, Sep 12 (Prensa Latina) At least one dengue patient passed away and 360 others were admitted to different hospitals across Bangladesh in 24 hours, The Daily Star newspaper reported on Monday.

Increased contagion by Aedes aegypti mosquito reported in Cuba

Published on: August 24, 2022
07:50

Havana, Aug 24 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's Deputy Public Health Minister Carilda Peña reported that the current contagion levels caused by the Aedes aegypti mosquito exceed by 49.5 percent the values of the same period in 2021.

Afghanistan gripped by multiple disease outbreaks, WHO warns

Published on: August 10, 2022
19:02

Kabul, Aug 10 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that Afghanistan is facing up multiple disease outbreaks, including Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD), measles, Congo fever, dengue fever and the Covid-19 pandemic.

MINSAP calls for self-responsibility in face of rising dengue cases

Published on: July 30, 2022
11:01

Havana, Jul 30 (Prensa Latina) Cuba´s Public Health Ministry (MINSAP, in Spanish) on Saturday called for individual and family self-responsibility in face of the increased dengue cases reported so far in Cuba.

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