{"id":25480,"date":"2026-11-05T17:10:18","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T17:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/11\/05\/dengue-fever-cases-rise-eastern-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T17:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T17:10:18","slug":"dengue-fever-cases-rise-eastern-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/11\/05\/dengue-fever-cases-rise-eastern-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising Dengue Fever Cases in Eastern Afghanistan Raise Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organization has reported a rise in dengue fever cases in eastern Afghanistan. The organization has urged the public to take protective measures against mosquito bites to prevent the spread of the disease.<\/p>\n<p>According to the WHO, common symptoms of dengue fever include high fever up to 40 degrees Celsius, headaches, and pain behind the eyes. Additionally, patients may experience swollen lymph nodes, nausea, vomiting, and joint, bone, and muscle pains.<\/p>\n<p>The WHO has called on people to seek immediate medical attention if they notice any of these symptoms to ensure timely treatment and to prevent the transmission of the disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHO reports increased dengue fever cases in eastern Afghanistan; advises public to prevent mosquito bites and seek prompt medical care if symptoms appear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,17,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-important-news","category-secondary-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}