Source: http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=251443
Outbreak affects 400 families
Repeka Nasiko
Saturday, November 16, 2013
FOUR hundred families in the interior of Ba have been affected by an outbreak of communicable diseases that stemmed from an infected water source.
Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama confirmed this during a visit to the affected water source yesterday.
Commodore Bainimarama was informed by health officials that the communicable diseases affecting the residents were hepatitis A and leptospirosis.
So far, 12 confirmed cases of hepatitis A and 23 cases of leptospirosis have been reported by health authorities...
Outbreak affects 400 families
Repeka Nasiko
Saturday, November 16, 2013
FOUR hundred families in the interior of Ba have been affected by an outbreak of communicable diseases that stemmed from an infected water source.
Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama confirmed this during a visit to the affected water source yesterday.
Commodore Bainimarama was informed by health officials that the communicable diseases affecting the residents were hepatitis A and leptospirosis.
So far, 12 confirmed cases of hepatitis A and 23 cases of leptospirosis have been reported by health authorities...