RSOE EDIS - Situation Update No. 1 : Fiji - Epidemic Hazard

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Situation Update No. 1 Posted:2010-02-22, 19:40:13 [UTC] Ref.no.: EH-20100222-25036-FJI Situation Update No. 1 On 2010-03-02 at 12:40:01 [UTC] Event: Epidemic Hazard Location: Fiji Statewide Number of Infected: 55 person(s) Situation: One of the region’s foremost specialist in travel medicine says the rate with which typhoid fever is spreading in Fiji is alarming. Fifty-five people throughout the country have been infected with typhoid in the past week, bringing the total number of infections to 99. The ministry of health suspects contaminated food and water to be sources of the outbreak. Marc Shaw from the Worldwise Travellers and Vaccination Centre says the issue is worrying. “55 cases a week’s spread in Fiji is very fast. This does show that there’s a need for urgent public health measures to prevent this from becoming a major concern to us, the equivalent which could have been something like Zimbabwe.” Please DO NOT reply to this message: replies may be treated as errors and result in your subscription being deleted. If you have trouble or other queries, send email to havaria@rsoe.hu RSOE EDIS is operated by the National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE), Budapest, Hungary. Because of the complexity of this system and its dependence on other systems, we cannot be responsible for delays or failures in forwarding or transmission. You're receiving this AlertMail because you subscribed for the service. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Contact: havaria@rsoe.hu