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'Worse than ever': Ongoing dengue epidemic hammers Majuro
9:21 am today
By Giff Johnson, Marshall Islands correspondent
Five months after a dengue fever outbreak started in Majuro, the outbreak is getting worse.
After numbers dropped to less than 10 cases per day after peaking at 30 on 20 November, the government's Cabinet ended a directive that had banned travel to remote outer islands for four months in an effort to contain the problem from spreading.
But since Christmas, the number of dengue fever cases in the capital of the Marshall Islands has been climbing again, with a record 41 cases seen at Majuro hospital on 13 January.
The hospital has been seeing an average of over 20 dengue cases daily for the past three weeks, according to data provided by the Ministry of Health and Human Services.
"People think this is over and it's worse than ever," said Health Secretary Jack Niedenthal.
A total of 162 dengue cases were reported in Majuro this past week - the highest one-week total since the outbreak in Majuro started five months ago, confirming that dengue is not only not on the wane, it is getting worse...
'Worse than ever': Ongoing dengue epidemic hammers Majuro
9:21 am today
By Giff Johnson, Marshall Islands correspondent
Five months after a dengue fever outbreak started in Majuro, the outbreak is getting worse.
After numbers dropped to less than 10 cases per day after peaking at 30 on 20 November, the government's Cabinet ended a directive that had banned travel to remote outer islands for four months in an effort to contain the problem from spreading.
But since Christmas, the number of dengue fever cases in the capital of the Marshall Islands has been climbing again, with a record 41 cases seen at Majuro hospital on 13 January.
The hospital has been seeing an average of over 20 dengue cases daily for the past three weeks, according to data provided by the Ministry of Health and Human Services.
"People think this is over and it's worse than ever," said Health Secretary Jack Niedenthal.
A total of 162 dengue cases were reported in Majuro this past week - the highest one-week total since the outbreak in Majuro started five months ago, confirming that dengue is not only not on the wane, it is getting worse...
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