The number of dengue cases worldwide has been increasing over the past five years, with a particularly alarming situation in the Americas this year, according to a new report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday. More than 7 million cases of dengue fever were reported in the Americas up to April this year, significantly exceeding the 4.5 million cases reported in 2023 as a whole, according to the report. “Given the current scale of the dengue outbreaks, the potential risk of further international spread and the complexity of factors impacting transmission, the overall ri…