DECEMBER 10, 2024

New Numbers Show Oropouche Virus Cases Increasing

By IDSE News Staff

More than 3,500 new cases of Oropouche virus have been recorded globally in just shy of five months, according to a new report from the WHO.

Although cases of local transmission are contained to the Caribbean and Central and South America, the WHO report released Dec. 5 stresses the importance of this increase, writing that governments should stay vigilant, especially as the endemic region of the vector-borne disease has been growing.

“As the arbovirus season is starting