Peru is under the grip of dengue, a viral disease transmitted by a mosquito, causes flu-like symptoms, such as muscle pain and fever.
Updated: 03 Jun 2023 12:59 pm
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Ana Barco helps her daughter Angie, who is suffering from dengue, stay hydrated, at their home in the Los Polvorines shantytown in Piura, Peru.
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A patient suffering dengue rests under a mosquito net at the Jorge Reategui hospital in Piura, Peru.
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People suffering dengue wait their turn to be attended at the Jorge Reategui hospital in Piura, Peru.
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Patients suffering dengue lie in beds at the Jorge Reategui hospital in Piura, Peru.
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A nurse attends to a patient suffering dengue at the Jorge Reategui hospital in Piura, Peru.
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A youth suffering dengue plays with cards as he waits for further medical attention after being attended in the ER at Jorge Reategui hospital in Piura, Peru.
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Medicine for dengue treatment sit on a tray inside a pavilion to treat dengue patients at the Jorge Reategui hospital in Piura, Peru.
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Dengue patients Noelia Chero and her son Alex Salvador, are photographed in their home in the Los Polvorines shantytown in Piura, Peru.
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Dengue patients Ana Barco, right, her daughter Angie and her son Enzo, look out from their window at the Los Polvorines shantytown in Piura, Peru.
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Dengue patient Ybis Flores stands in the doorway of her home at the Los Polvorines shantytown in Piura, Peru.