With the re-emergence of a potentially more severe dengue strain, Brazil is bracing for the possibility of another epidemic in 2025.

Last year was the worst on record for Dengue in Brazil, with 6.4 million probable cases and 6,000 deaths recorded.

So far in the first three weeks of 2025, 87,000 probable cases and eight confirmed deaths have been reported.

CGTN’s Lucrecia Franco reports.

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