00:00The health ministry is reporting 450 laboratory-confirmed cases of dengue fever and five laboratory-confirmed deaths.
00:09As we record our fifth laboratory-confirmed dengue-related death,
00:14I take the opportunity to inform the public that all state agencies continue to work collaboratively
00:21to reduce the mosquito population as far as possible.
00:25Minister Dyalsing renewed a call to homeowners to do their part in preventing the spread of the deadly disease.
00:32According to data from the health ministry, TNT recorded 86 cases in 2020, 34 in 2021, 28 in 2022 and 57 in 2023,
00:45compared with the 450 recorded for 2024 thus far.
00:51The World Health Organization says there are currently 90 countries with known active dengue transmissions.
00:58The global number of cases represent a 232% increase compared with 2023.
01:06The Yale School of Environment, doing their research, says increased temperatures and rainfall
01:12are causing mosquitoes that transmit the dengue virus to extend their range and prolong the season of spread.
01:19In 2023, more than 4.5 million cases and 4,000 deaths were reported globally.
01:26Global climate models project that an additional 2 billion people could be at risk of infection by 2080.
01:34In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is on high alert, with cases being reported en masse.
01:42It says the global incidence of dengue in 2024 has been the highest on record for this calendar year,
01:49with countries in the Americas reporting a record-breaking number of cases,
01:54exceeding the highest number ever recorded in a single year.
01:58Although a few countries have not followed suit, in March this year,
02:02Puerto Rico's health secretary declared a dengue epidemic after cases began to surge dramatically across the island.
02:10On June 26th, at a parliamentary committee meeting,
02:13Chief Medical Officer Dr. Roshan Parasram said TNT is hyper-endemic when it comes to dengue.
02:19At that time, he said, while there has been an increase in the number of cases,
02:24with about 147 on record for the year, the epidemic curve did not go into the alarm zone
02:31and was still then within the control level.
02:34Urvashi Tewari, Ruppenrein, TV6 News.
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