The National Environment Agency recently said that over 13,000 dengue cases have been reported so far this year. This is a cause for alarm since we have just reached the time of year, June, when the traditional peak dengue season starts.
Changes in the climate around the world point to disease outbreaks of this type becoming more common, as well as more widespread, in the future. “Not only is the number of cases increasing as the disease spreads to new areas but explosive outbreaks are occurring,” the report added. “Some individuals may develop severe dengue that can result in death,” the MOH spokesperson said to CNN, adding, “We remind the medical community of the appropriate clinical management of dengue cases and to maintain a high level of clinical suspicion when seeing patients with fever.”