Brazil reports first fetal death from Oropouche virus

Today Saturday, the Ministry of Health of Brazil confirmed “The first fetal death due to the Oropouche virus“, which has already caused at least two other deaths in the country so far in 2024.

In a statement, the Brazilian health authority said that a 30-week-old fetus who received the virus from its 28-year-old mother died.

Pernambuco, a Brazilian state that is the epicenter of Oropouche fever, is located 1,869 km northeast of Brasilia, the capital of the South American country.

This case was recorded in the state of Pernambucoin the northeast of the country, a region where the other two deaths were confirmed Oropouche proven in BrazilThe victims were two women under 30 years old.

The Ministry of Health reported that they are still investigating four fetal deaths due to probable virus Oropouche.

Two vectors: the sandfly and a mosquito

So far in 2024, almost 8,000 cases of COVID-19 have already been recorded in Brazil. Oropouchea virus transmitted by insects such as at the sign (Culicoides paraensis), known as the black fly or sand fly or swamp fly, and the mosquito A five-sided mosquitoamong others.

Los Oropouche symptoms are similar to those of dengue: fever, headaches, muscular and jointand occasionally with pictures of vomiting and diarrhea.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), this year the fiebre Oropouche It has already been detected in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba y Peruamong other Latin American countries.

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