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Two cases of measles confirmed in Serua
By Navitalai Naivalurua
Friday 26/11/2021
Two cases of measles have been confirmed in two villages in the Serua Province after a child was presented to the Korovisilou Health Centre and was later transferred to CWM Hospital from Navua last Wednesday.
The Ministry of Health says the case was later confirmed as measles after testing was done at the Fiji Centre of Communicable Disease.
They say the investigation suggests that the disease transmission took place some weeks prior at a funeral gathering in a village located in the Serua/Namosi Province.
The Ministry says since the identification of cases, they have initiated an immediate response through instituting a thorough investigation of households and social mobilisation within the immediate two villages, the management of confirmed cases and the isolation of immediate family members
Two cases of measles confirmed in Serua
By Navitalai Naivalurua
Friday 26/11/2021
Two cases of measles have been confirmed in two villages in the Serua Province after a child was presented to the Korovisilou Health Centre and was later transferred to CWM Hospital from Navua last Wednesday.
The Ministry of Health says the case was later confirmed as measles after testing was done at the Fiji Centre of Communicable Disease.
They say the investigation suggests that the disease transmission took place some weeks prior at a funeral gathering in a village located in the Serua/Namosi Province.
The Ministry says since the identification of cases, they have initiated an immediate response through instituting a thorough investigation of households and social mobilisation within the immediate two villages, the management of confirmed cases and the isolation of immediate family members
