WHO prepares for El Nino-linked spread of viral disease

📆 6/21/2023 6:51 PM
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Climate change is fuelling mosquito breeding, with dengue incidence already risen sharply. Read more at straitstimes.com.

GENEVA - The World Health Organisation is preparing for an increased spread of viral diseases like dengue, Zika and chikungunya linked to thethe agency’s director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday.

This is likely to yield extreme weather later this year, from tropical cyclones spinning toward vulnerable Pacific islands to heavy rainfall in South America to drought in Australia and in some parts of Asia. The WHO chief also warned that climate change is fuelling the breeding of mosquitoes, and incidence of dengue has already risen sharply in recent decades, particularly in the Americas.

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