In the midst of the dengue outbreak, Casa Rosada came out in support of the Minister of Health and endorsed its position on the vaccine

presidential spokesman, Manuel Adorni, He came out to support the Minister of Health Mario Russofaced with questions about his entire low character Dengue outbreak: “This has been expressed not only in the media but through statements,” he said.

Adorni also confirmed this “The key to dengue is prevention and the vaccine has not been shown to be effective in controlling the outbreak.” According to the latest official data, it was registered there 151,310 cases, Of which 134,202 were in 2024. Of this total number of cases 106 people died Because of dengue fever Mortality rate of 0.07%.

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Rousseau, “perhaps not like other officials, or with the frequency of other officials in the government, spoke and expressed himself in the media and through statements,” the presidential spokesman said at a press conference in Casa Rosada.

Adorny also said that each province is doing “what it considers best” in terms of its dengue control strategy and that he does not see “what is wrong”: “We have said that, the key with dengue is prevention, at least for now, the vaccine has not shown its effectiveness in Fighting the outbreak, the position has always been clear.”

In the midst of a historic dengue outbreak, the government is bringing together health ministers in all provinces

entirely Historical dengue outbreak Rousseau called a meeting of the Federal Health Council on Monday (Covisa), Consisting of The holders of this wallet are in 24 jurisdictions in the country.

The meeting began at the Kirchner Cultural Center at 09:30 For the first time since Javier Miley took office as president. As much as he could know Tennessee At the end of the scheduled meeting at approximately 4:30 pm. The Ministry of Health will publish information deemed relevant To be transferred to the community.

Among the topics on the agenda, they plan an analysis Epidemiological situation of dengue feverand the Launching of the national influenza vaccination campaign. In addition, the National Ministry of Health plans to introduce guidelines for “advancing management through health outcomes, with the aim of improving health system quality and Electronic Prescription Plan.”

What areas are most affected by dengue fever?

The areas most affected by dengue fever are:

• Central Region: This area is the most affected by the outbreak of dengue fever, according to reports from the Ministry of Health. They include Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Santa Fe and Entre Ríos, where a large number of cases and a high incidence of the disease have been recorded. there 78,752 confirmed cases in this area.
• North-East Region (North-East): This geographical area, which includes provinces such as Misiones, Corrientes and Formosa, has experienced a high level of local spread of the dengue virus with 51,729 confirmed cases. In Misiones the vaccine is given free of charge.
• Nawa area (northwest): Dengue outbreaks are present in Jujuy, Salta and Tucumán 19,577 confirmed cases.
• Cuyo area: Includes San Juan, Mendoza and San Luis. Health authorities are closely monitoring the situation to prevent the outbreak of the disease from escalating in this region, which is what has already happened 776 confirmed cases.
• Southern area: La Pampa Province in the southern region recorded several cases of the disease. Although the virus is currently present at a lower rate than in other regions 476 confirmed cases.