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Peru faces dengue epidemic as global cases peak
Dan Collyns
02:27

As the climate crisis intensifies, rates of the mosquito-borne disease dengue are rising globally. 

The World Health Organization says cases this year could approach record highs and has labeled dengue as the world’s fastest-spreading tropical disease that represents a “pandemic threat.” 

Dan Collyns reports from the Peruvian capital, Lima.

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