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22 Jan 2018
Concerns in Samoa as Pacific's dengue challenge grows
10:32 am on 22 January 2018
Sara Vui-Talitu, Senior Journalist
The Pacific Community says it's concerned about outbreaks of dengue fever in the region becoming harder to combat.
This comes amid signs that Samoa's government may be downplaying the extent of the spread of dengue in the country...
...Samoa situation
In early December, Samoa's health ministry recorded 1,522 confirmed dengue cases with 339 hospital admissions and four deaths.
But by the end of the month, the ministry revealed nearly 2,500 people had contracted the mosquito-borne disease (highest number of reported cases were in children aged between 5 and 9 years).
Notably, the ministry revealed there had been five deaths from dengue. But in the absense of further updates, public speculation is growing that the number could be higher...
22 Jan 2018
Concerns in Samoa as Pacific's dengue challenge grows
10:32 am on 22 January 2018
Sara Vui-Talitu, Senior Journalist
The Pacific Community says it's concerned about outbreaks of dengue fever in the region becoming harder to combat.
This comes amid signs that Samoa's government may be downplaying the extent of the spread of dengue in the country...
...Samoa situation
In early December, Samoa's health ministry recorded 1,522 confirmed dengue cases with 339 hospital admissions and four deaths.
But by the end of the month, the ministry revealed nearly 2,500 people had contracted the mosquito-borne disease (highest number of reported cases were in children aged between 5 and 9 years).
Notably, the ministry revealed there had been five deaths from dengue. But in the absense of further updates, public speculation is growing that the number could be higher...