Mexico.- Mexico has recorded 120 deaths as a result of dengue in 2019, in the context of an increase in cases due to the rainy season, today reported the Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion, Hugo López-Gatell. The Health Secretariat official said at a press conference in the Mexican capital that dengue is presented every year, and acknowledged that the country returned “strongly” more than 40 years ago. The states in which the highest number of cases are observed are Chiapas (southeast), Jalisco (west), Morelos (center) and Veracruz (east), he added.
“It is true that this year 2019 we have three times more dengue, yes it is true. This is a phenomenon that has occurred in several other years,” he said.
People who have died from dengue (…) have to do with this not getting timely care in many cases, because they came very late to health units
López-Gatell recalled that the Mexican government has an anti-dengue prevention campaign in place, focusing on the phrase “wash, cap, flip and pull,” which refers to reviewing all objects that may accumulate water and that could be prone to concentration of the mosquito, in particular the genus Aedes.
