Costa Rica reports more than 1,000 dengue cases in first 3 weeks of 2024
Health officials in Costa Rica report 1,076 total dengue fever cases during the first three weeks of 2024 (through January 20).
This is up by 500 cases since the second week of the year.
The North Central Region accounts for the most cases with 303, followed by Chorotega and Huetar Caribe with 176 cases each.
By canton (an administrative division like a county), the highest number of cases are Alajuela 142 cases, Guácimo 80, San José 78, Atenas 67 and Puntarenas 61 cases.
All four dengue serotypes are circulating in Costa Rica, with DENV-3 and DENV-4 being the most predominant.
The Ministry of Health is carrying out different actions to stop the spread of this disease, such as; interventions with vector control teams, in which fumigation, elimination of breeding sites inside and outside homes and house-to-house visits are carried out as part of the focal work.
Dengue is a preventable and controlled disease if all the breeding sites around us are eliminated, for this reason, we call on the population to constantly clean and empty the containers in which water is stored for domestic use, review and clean canoes and all black plastic in the yards of homes, as well as putting unused tires indoors or taking them to the respective collection sites. Likewise, the public is urged to collaborate with officials when they visit homes for fumigation, presenting proper identification.
