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Dengue outbreak in Kiribati over for now
Updated at 3:53 pm today
The head of Public Health in Kiribati says he believes the dengue outbreak in Kiribati has finished for now despite some people still presenting with fever.
Dr Peatao Tiira says more than 100 cases of dengue appeared over December and January but tests on patients with high temperatures now indicate a normal influenza-type illness.
He says the dengue strain detected this season is the same found in French Polynesia and New Caledonia...
Dengue outbreak in Kiribati over for now
Updated at 3:53 pm today
The head of Public Health in Kiribati says he believes the dengue outbreak in Kiribati has finished for now despite some people still presenting with fever.
Dr Peatao Tiira says more than 100 cases of dengue appeared over December and January but tests on patients with high temperatures now indicate a normal influenza-type illness.
He says the dengue strain detected this season is the same found in French Polynesia and New Caledonia...