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Dengue outbreak in FSM straining hospital resources
Posted at 06:44 on 07 August, 2013 UTC
The department of health in the Federated States of Micronesia says an outbreak of dengue fever in the state of Kosrae is straining health services.
The US-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the outbreak began last September when a 35-year-old woman was hospitalised with the mosquito-borne virus.
A spokesperson from the Kosrae Department of Health, Dr Carolee Masao, says from September to the end of June, a total of 875 suspected cases of has been recorded and from that figure, 132 people have tested positive...
Dengue outbreak in FSM straining hospital resources
Posted at 06:44 on 07 August, 2013 UTC
The department of health in the Federated States of Micronesia says an outbreak of dengue fever in the state of Kosrae is straining health services.
The US-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the outbreak began last September when a 35-year-old woman was hospitalised with the mosquito-borne virus.
A spokesperson from the Kosrae Department of Health, Dr Carolee Masao, says from September to the end of June, a total of 875 suspected cases of has been recorded and from that figure, 132 people have tested positive...