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Weekly Report - 7 May 2015 (WR-15-18)
BRAZIL: Dengue epidemic denied despite record deaths
There is no dengue epidemic in Brazil, according to the health minister, Arthur Chioro. The Brazilian senate is not so sure. It has summoned Chioro to explain the government’s response to the outbreak of the disease that has affected at least 745,900 people in the country in the first three months of 2015, according to official statistics. The figure is over twice as high as the same period last year. In the first three months of the year, 229 people were reported to have died of dengue in Brazil, mostly the elderly, children or people already suffering from chronic diseases. The figure is 45% higher than in the same period in 2014.
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