Health Alerts

According to a local news report, the Islands’ health secretary admitted that the dengue fever outbreak which began in January is ”on its way out but it's not gone”. Only two new cases were registered last month and, of the outbreak total, all but three were in Raratonga. In an update of the dengue outbreak (DENV-2) in French Polynesia, authorities registered a sharp increase in new case reporting over the 2-week period from Aug 12 – over half were aged under 20 years. Since the virus was introduced by an infected traveller arriving from New Caledonia in February, 582 dengue fever cases have been reported – the NW of Tahiti remains the area most affected. Read More.