Dengue and COVID-19: Chaotic Potential?
As the COVID-19 pandemic increasingly began to affect South America and the South Asian subcontinent, concern grew amongst epidemiologists and researchers about the impact that the co-circulation of the dengue and SARS-CoV-2 viruses could have on the health systems. During the COVID‐19 pandemic, dengue cases have increased in most endemic countries; hence while COVID‐19 causes havoc across the world, countries in South and South‐East Asia and Latin America are faced with the prospect of a second epidemic: dengue.
