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Paraguays Director General of Health Surveillance, Águeda Cabello, this week echoed a recommendation by the countrys leading physicians to wear face masks in healthcare facilities as the number of Covid-19 cases is reported to be on the rise.

Paraguayan health authorities last week confirmed at least 90 deaths this year had been caused by chikungunya fever, while Uruguay detected its first imported case of the malady. One more case was also confirmed in the last days of 2022, according to the latest report from Paraguays Health Ministry released on Friday.

Asunción, Mar 24 (Prensa Latina) The chikungunya fever epidemic in Paraguay has reached 60 deaths and 13,010 confirmed cases during the last three weeks, health authorities reported Friday.

Asuncion, Feb 21 (Prensa Latina) The arboviral disease (transmitted by mosquitoes) "chikungunya" has so far infected 11,864 Paraguayans, 23 of whom have died, the government reported today.

Paraguayan health authorities Wednesday said 14 people had died of Chikungunya while over 18,000 cases of the malady had been confirmed in the most recent outbreak which lead the Municipality of Asunción to declare an environmental emergency for 90 days as healthcare facilities were crammed.

Sanitary workers in the newly-created county of Fracrán in the Argentine province of Misiones have undertaken a house-by-house campaign to persuade people to get vaccinated against yellow fever, Covid-19, and measles, while residents were advised to up their precautions due to the increasing number of cases in neighboring Paraguay, where the first death due to chikungunya has been reported.

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<p>The countrys health authorities have forecast an increase in the number of cases during December and January.<br />  </p>

Paraguayan health authorities Friday reported the beginning of the fifth wave of COVID-19 in the country, where 621 new cases have been confirmed.

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