Health Alerts

A health emergency has been declared to manage the country’s largest dengue fever outbreak in several years. Figures released last week showed there had been 3,500 confirmed cases - including the president and his wife - and a further 57,000 suspected infections (plus 16 confirmed deaths and 87 more under investigation). Elsewhere, more on the dengue situation in Peru as reported on last week (Loreto, Madre de Dios, San Martín provinces) with a health alert also issued for the Cusco region and the provinces of La Convención and Quispicanchi. Dengue fever cases have been increasing and were also detected in the town of Quincemil, located on the Interoceanic Highway that runs between San Juan de Marcona in Peru and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Read more.