Dengue in Rio: Judge Orders Private Hospitals to Help

At least 54 people have died across Rio state since the start of the year while the number of people infected is now said to have passed 43,000. The judge accused the authorities of neglect and indifference to sufferers of the mosquito-borne fever. They had failed to act to prevent and contain the epidemic, she said. For weeks, hospitals in Rio have been struggling to cope with the latest outbreak of dengue, a disease which is spread by one type of mosquito and which in extreme cases can be fatal.

BBC