Health Alerts

The capital Santo Domingo has reported most of the country’s dengue fever infections with YTD figures exceeding those for the same period in 2018. Within the region, there are updates from Mexico (highest incidence in Veracruz, Chiapas, Jalisco and Quintana Roo) and Panama (507 cases, provinces hardest hit are Colón, Herrera, Panamá Norte, Coclé, Panama Metro and San Miguelito). While measures introduced to reduce mosquito numbers in Jamaica appear to be working after rates of new infections in one district, St Ann, declined. More updates from across the Americas were published by ProMED on Apr 25. Read more.