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Scientists warn climate change will increase the spread of infectious diseases | The Citizen

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🔬 Prominent scientists are cautioning that over half of the recognised infectious diseases, which usually disseminate through water or animals, will be affected by global warming. Read the story ⬇️

Lucious Chabuka, a laboratory technologist at the Public Health Institute of Malawi, came to South Africa for training in Sars-CoV-2 sequencing. Picture: Brian Sokutu

These include malaria in Africa and chikungunya in Latin America, both of which are spread by mosquitoes.

“Two weeks ago, we responded to Paraguay, where the country experienced the worst outbreak of chikungunya, which is transmitted by mosquitoes.“It’s the worst epidemic in the history of Latin America. “Warm and rainy weather led to a mosquito-driven epidemic – what climate change is going to lead to in the next few years,” said De Oliveira.

 

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