Epidemic and emerging disease alerts in the Pacific as of 03 May 2021
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Dengue
DENV-2 in New Caledonia: An increasing number of dengue cases have been notified in New Caledonia since the beginning of the year:
81 cases (58 DENV-2 cases) were reported between 01 January 2021 and 30 April 2021. – Source: New Caledonia Department of Health and Social Affairs website: Dengue Situation as of 30 April 2021, accessed on 03 May 2021.
Leptospirosis
New Caledonia: An increasing number of leptospirosis cases has been notified in New Caledonia since the beginning of the year:
166 cases were reported between 01 January 2021 and 29 April 2021, in comparison to 69 cases reported last year (total cases reported in 2020).– Source: Leptospirosis Situation as of 29 April 2021 on 03 May 2021.
The latest on COVID-19: restrictions, vaccinations and more
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Quarantine
Guam has reached its path to half, but Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero announced Friday the easing of quarantine requirements will be delayed for at least two weeks as a result of recent community case clusters.
Although the current COVID-Area Risk Score was at 0.7, the recent clusters gave officials cause for pause, Public Health and Social Services Director Art San Agustin said.
The governor had previously said she would ease travel quarantine restrictions, starting May 1, if the island reached its goal of vaccinating 50% of the adult population. The path to half set a target of fully immunizing 62,500 people, based on estimates of a total adult population of around 125,000.
A team of U.S. Army medical professionals began administering COVID-19 Vaccine doses to members of the local community in Mangilao, Guam on April 16.
The team consists of a medical officer and combat medic specialists assigned to the 25th Infantry Division at Army Garrison Hawaii. As part of a scheduled 30-day mission assignment, the soldiers are bolstering Department of Public Health and Social Services (DPHSS) vaccination teams in their campaign to immunize 50% of Guam s adult population by May 1, 2021.
Following the medical team s arrival, the soldiers joined DPHSS staff to review local procedures and prepare to administer COVID-19 Vaccine doses to community members.
Epidemic and emerging disease alerts in the Pacific as of 26 April 2021
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Dengue
DENV-2 in New Caledonia: An increasing number of dengue cases have been notified in New Caledonia since the beginning of the year:
79 cases (47 DENV-2 cases) were reported between 01 January 2021 and 23 April 2021. – Source: New Caledonia Department of Health and Social Affairs website: Dengue Situation as of 23 April 2021, accessed on 26 April 2021.
DENV-2 in the Cook Islands: A Dengue serotype 2 outbreak has been declared by the Cook Islands Ministry of Health on 02 February 2021. As of 20 April 2021, a total of
162 probable and confirmed dengue cases have been reported. – Source: Cook Islands 2021 Dengue Type-2 (DENV-2) Outbreak Situation Report (20/04/2021) sent on PacNet on 21 April 2021.
Epidemic and emerging disease alerts in the Pacific as of 19 April 2021
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Leptospirosis
New Caledonia: An increasing number of leptospirosis cases has been notified in New Caledonia since the beginning of the year: 135 cases were reported between 01 January 2021 and 09 April 2021, in comparison to 69 cases reported last year (total cases reported in 2020). – Source: New Caledonia Department of Health and Social Affairs website: Leptospirosis Situation as of 09 April 2021, accessed on 19 April 2021.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
29,519 confirmed cases of COVID-19 including
910 deaths were reported in Australia. Local cases have been reported in the last 14 days. – Source: Department of Health, Australian Government accessed on 19 April 2021.