Peru Declares Health Emergency Amid Rising Dengue Outbreak

FILE - A worker fumigates a house against the Aedes aegypti mosquito to prevent the spread of dengue fever in Piura, northern Peru, on June 11, 2023. The Peruvian government will declare a state of health emergency in 20 of its 25 regions as of Feb. 27, 2024,

Peru has declared a health emergency due to the rapidly rising cases of dengue fever across the South American country.