YAKARTA, Indonesia – To stop the spread of coronavirus, governments have issued blockades to keep others in their homes. They reduced activities that affected, such as garbage collection. They’ve tried to protect hospitals from the influx of patients.
Southeast Asian countries such as Singapore and Indonesia have faced simultaneous outbreaks of dengue and coronavirus this year. In Brazil, where there are more than 1.6 million COVID-19 infections, at least 1.1 million cases of dengue have been reported, with only about 400 deaths, according to the Pan American Health Organization.
Dengue is not fatal, however, severe cases may require hospitalization. Preventive efforts to destroy mosquito breeding sites, such as the disposal of old tyres or rubbish and other water-containing items, remain the most productive tactics to prevent the spread of the disease.
But blockades in the coronavirus era and other restrictions have meant that these efforts have been reduced or halted in many countries.
In northwestern Pakistan, plans to disinfect tire retail stores and markets that experienced dengue outbreaks in 2019 have been suspended due to the use of coronavirus funds, said Dr. Rizwan Kundi, head of the Young Medical Association.
The health that would destroy mosquito breeding sites in the Indian capital of New Delhi is also detecting the virus.
The desire to identify thousands of cases of the virus has affected dengue surveillance in many Latin American countries, said Dr. Maria Franca Tallarico, head of physical fitness for the Regional Office of the Americas of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Experts say that disrupting these prevention efforts bodes for global combat opposed to dengue fever.
Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that spreads dengue fever, is the highest spread in cities, and experts warn that higher urbanization and higher temperatures due to climate change mean it will continue to rise.
Experts say that while reduced means less chance of mosquitoes prynating other dengue people into carriers, the coronavirus pandemic has brought in other variables.
Staying at home, a way to stop COVID-19 outbreaks, especially in cities, poses greater dangers of dengue spread, Singapore’s National Environment Agency (NEA) said. This is because the Aedes mosquito bites the day, and with more people staying at home, where mosquito populations are high, they are most likely to be bitten.
Having an effect is already visible. Singapore recorded a five-fold build-up in mosquito larvae detected in non-unusual homes and corridors in residential spaces during the two-month coronavirus blockage period, compared to the last two months.
As of July 6, the total number of dengue cases in Singapore is more than 15,500. The NEA said the number of instances this year is expected to exceed 22,170 reported instances in 2013, which at the time is the largest outbreak in Singapore’s history.
Oliver Brady, an associate professor at the London School of Hygiene – Tropical Medicine, said Central America and the Caribbean were in great threat due to the overlapping epidemics.
Working with Latin American communities to save mosquitoes from breeding has been the most effective anti-dengue strategy in recent years, Tallarico said. But with strict movement constraints, he said they didn’t know if the measures were still in place, and “that’s the big fear for us.”
A shortage of protective equipment also means limiting the number of first responders who can check on people with fever or cough, she said.
“I’m afraid you have (many) more cases of dengue fever … however, the system’s ability to report (y) is limited,” he said.
“The formula for physical fitness care is already collapsing. Matrix… I don’t know what the existing health care formula (India) will look like to handle this burden,” said Dr. S.P. Kalantri, a public expert on fitness.
The global dengue will also be affected by the coronavirus pandemic, Brady said.
In the WMP Tahija Foundation’s study lab in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, which has been reading dengue for years, “it is too difficult to recruit patients with social estrangement measures,” O’Neill said. The installation is now used as a COVID-19 verification site.
Similarly, the National Malaria Research Institute in New Delhi has stopped all fieldwork after switching to a COVID-19 verification kit validation center, Dr. R.C. said. Dhiman, who studies mosquitoes and climate change.
In Bangladesh, where the dengue season is just beginning, the launch of a cellular app to others reports that their cases have been delayed during the pandemic, said Afsana Alamgir Khan, who oversees the national dengue program.
Experts say such coronavirus disorders will increase the threat of dengue infections.
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