RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) --
Health officials in Brasil say that an outbreak of dengue fever has infected more than 32,000 people in Rio de Janeiro state and claimed at least 47 lives.
city officials have said that the outbreak is not an epidemic but the number of deaths this year already has outstripped the number of fatalities in all of 2002.
The Federal Health Minister of Brasil says he is already treating the situation in Rio, where about 51 new cases of the disease are reported every hour, as an epidemic.
Temporao says the government will open a crisis center in Rio state on Monday to coordinate efforts between the federal and state government and the armed force to fight the disease, which is borne by the Aegis aegypti mosquito
Temporao says the government will open a crisis center in Rio state on Monday to coordinate efforts between the federal and state government and the armed force to fight the disease, which is borne by the Aegis aegypti mosquito
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