Health

Marshall Islands State of Emergency to tackle dengue outbreak

15:04 pm on 21 August 2019

A dengue fever outbreak has struck the Marshall Islands this month with the island of Ebeye in Kwajalein Atoll particularly hard hit.

Over 150 people on Ebeye are sick with the mosquito borne illness and two others in the Capital of Majuro are waiting laboratory test confirmation of the viral infection.

Jenny Meyer reports.

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Ministry of Health staff led a grounds cleanup Saturday, August 17 to rid the main hospital of mosquito breeding locations. Photo: Jack Niedenthal