Costa Rica reports 1,260% increase in dengue in first six weeks of 2024
In a follow-up on the dengue outbreak in Costa Rica, the Ministry of Health reports 4,787 total dengue cases through February 10 this year, a 1,260 percent increase compared to the 352 cases reported during the same period in 2023.
The Central North region reports the highest accumulated notification of dengue cases so far this year with 1,228 cases, followed by the Central Pacific with 832 and the Central South with 762 cases.
In addition, the cantons with the highest number of cases are Alajuela with 728 cases, Puntarenas with 474, San José with 351 cases, San Carlos with 348 and Turrialba with 171 cases.
The Ministry of Health, through the Vector Control Program team, carried out a total of 16,645 fumigations of homes during the first week of work, in which they visited the towns of La Carpio, Pavas and Alajuela.
Likewise, interventions to combat dengue continue both inside and outside the GAM, with the aim of strengthening the strategy for eliminating breeding sites and raising awareness among the population about the fundamental role they play in the fight against dengue transmission.
“We know that dengue is a preventable disease if all the breeding sites around us are eliminated, for this reason it is essential that from our homes we join the fight against the transmission of this disease. As the Ministry of Health, during this week we carried out more than 16,000 house-to-house fumigations in priority locations, where we also checked all those containers that serve as breeding sites. We will continue doing this work next week in La Carpio, Pavas, Santa Ana, Cristo Rey, Canoas, El Llano, Los Ángeles, El Rey, La Providencia, El Rey, Barrio Santa Rita and Tambor in Alajuela, where we hope intervene around 9,500 houses,” indicated Dr. Mary Munive, Vice President and Minister of Health.
