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Dengue fever outbreak in Nadi and Ba
Posted on February 20, 2018 by admin in Environment, Health, News, Press Releases
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services has declared an outbreak of dengue fever in Nadi and Ba. Since the beginning of 2018 there have been 312 confirmed cases of dengue fever in the Western Division, with the majority of cases from Nadi and Ba Subdivisions. Numbers of confirmed cases have continued to rise above expected levels for the Western Division at this time of the year. We are also closely monitoring an increase in cases from other subdivisions in the West.
The Ministry is especially concerned with the high numbers of confirmed dengue patients requiring admission; 140 admissions have been recorded so far this year in the Western Division. Of these, 51 were admitted at Ba Mission Hospital, and 54 at Nadi Subdivisional Hospital, with 10 in Sigatoka, and 25 at Lautoka Divisional Hospital. Again, the majority of admissions have been in Nadi and Ba, with each receiving approximately 10 per week. Reports from the Western Divisional Outbreak and Response Team are that most of these patients have been admitted with severe dengue...
...A total of 862 confirmed dengue cases have been recorded in Fiji from the period of 1st January to 16th February 2018, giving an incidence rate of 48.5 per 100,000 population. Central division has recorded 41 confirmed dengue cases and Northern has recorded 509 confirmed dengue cases and Western division has recorded 312 confirmed dengue cases...
Dengue fever outbreak in Nadi and Ba
Posted on February 20, 2018 by admin in Environment, Health, News, Press Releases
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services has declared an outbreak of dengue fever in Nadi and Ba. Since the beginning of 2018 there have been 312 confirmed cases of dengue fever in the Western Division, with the majority of cases from Nadi and Ba Subdivisions. Numbers of confirmed cases have continued to rise above expected levels for the Western Division at this time of the year. We are also closely monitoring an increase in cases from other subdivisions in the West.
The Ministry is especially concerned with the high numbers of confirmed dengue patients requiring admission; 140 admissions have been recorded so far this year in the Western Division. Of these, 51 were admitted at Ba Mission Hospital, and 54 at Nadi Subdivisional Hospital, with 10 in Sigatoka, and 25 at Lautoka Divisional Hospital. Again, the majority of admissions have been in Nadi and Ba, with each receiving approximately 10 per week. Reports from the Western Divisional Outbreak and Response Team are that most of these patients have been admitted with severe dengue...
...A total of 862 confirmed dengue cases have been recorded in Fiji from the period of 1st January to 16th February 2018, giving an incidence rate of 48.5 per 100,000 population. Central division has recorded 41 confirmed dengue cases and Northern has recorded 509 confirmed dengue cases and Western division has recorded 312 confirmed dengue cases...
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