Marshall Islands dengue outbreak:
Quoting Radio New Zealand – 23 January 2020
“The hospital in Majuro is overflowing, its doctors exhausted, its wards strained, budgets withered, and no end in sight. Every day, dozens more patients are wheeled in to wait in corridors.
“A dengue fever outbreak in the Marshall Islands has entered its sixth month and despite border restrictions, mass spraying operations, countrywide cleanups and awareness campaigns, authorities say it's only getting worse.
"We just feel like we're fighting a war here," said Jack Niedenthal, the country's health secretary. "It's just been awful for the last six months."
"This is the worst outbreak in the history of the Marshall Islands," he added. "We've never had a six month state of health emergency."
“Last week alone, the hospital on Majuro saw 160 cases of dengue fever, the worst week since the outbreak was first declared in July. It also saw its worst day so far, Monday, with 41 confirmed cases.”
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