The growing spread of the two diseases several weeks ago, which has already resulted in the first four deaths, is causing alarm, exponentially increasing the double disease and causing an accelerated demand for capacity in medical centers, the Ministry of Public Health added.

Many of these first cases of patients affected with dengue and Covid-19 at the same time are waiting for attention in various hospitals of the country, as their number exceeds the existing capacities, the institution added, according to the TV station.

The head of the Ministry of Health, María Teresa Barán, informed that About 1,000 cases of dengue and another 1,000 of Covid-19 are detected every week, whose co-infection is proliferating in all sectors of the population, especially among children and adolescents, .

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