Argentina sees over half million dengue cases in 2024

BUENOS AIRES, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Argentina has detected 504,580 cases of dengue so far this year, an outbreak that is 3.26 times larger than a year before, driven by infections in the Central region, the Health Ministry said Sunday.

The number of cases represents 97 percent of the 521,746 total cases registered during 2023's dengue season from week 31 of 2023 to week 22 of 2024, according to the ministry's Natio