Rainy Season Fuels Dengue Risk as Stagnant Water Multiplies Mosquitoes

Each year, as Belize's rainy season transforms the landscape, the same rains that bring relief also invite a quieter danger into homes and yards. The Aedes aegypti mosquito, carrier of dengue, requires almost nothing to multiply — a forgotten container, a clogged drain, a bottle cap of still water — and the Ministry of Health and Wellness is reminding Belizeans that the distance between inconvenience and tragedy is often measured in standing water. Dengue has no cure, only management, and in its severest form it can kill; the defense, then, belongs not to institutions alone but to every househ