The summer Olympic games in Tokyo 2020 can be overshadowed by the outbreak of Dengue fever. Scientists are warningthat Japan now need to prepare for its prevention.
The summer Olympic games in Japan in 2020 can be overshadowed by the outbreak of a deadly Dengue fever. These concerns came after the Japanese capital faced an unexpected outbreak of this dangerous infection in 2014. This situation showed that the metropolis possesses the necessary climate and large populations of mosquitoes to the virus could come back. This statement was made by scientists from Harvard University. They believe that the Japanese government must already now start preparing to fight a possible outbreak on the eve of the Olympic gamesthat the infection could have been prevented.
Dengue fever is treatable, but approximately one fifth of patients with the most severe cases die without receiving needed medications. The majority of victims of Ebola disease is generally without symptoms. Currently, scientists test the preparedness of local health authorities of Japan to curb the outbreak. Concerns are especially high, because the Olympic games will be held in the summer when the mosquito population maximum, and the likelihood of an epidemic is also at the highest level. Until 2014, when there was an increase in the number of cases each year in Japan recorded approximately 200 cases of Dengue and all of them were the result of the importation of disease from abroad. But for the summer Olympic games, as expected, Tokyo will visit up to 40 million.
Magicforum recalled that Dengue fever is a viral infection spread by mosquitoes. Most often it occurs in the South-East Asia, the Caribbean, India, South and Central America, Africa, the Pacific Islands and Australia. More than 40% of the world’s population and over 100 countries are at risk. To severe symptoms of the disease is the temperature rise above 40 degrees, severe headache, pain behind the eyes, muscles and joints, nausea and vomiting, rash and loss of appetite. (READ MORE)