Over 100 Cases In New Caledonia Dengue Fever Epidemic

The dengue fever epidemic which was declared last month in New Caledonia has now affected some 104 persons since the beginning of this year, according to latest counts at the weekend.

Most of the known cases are concentrated in the capital Nouméa and its greater area, as well as other reported hotbeds in the North-eastern island of Lifou (part of the Loyalty group) and on the Isle of Pines (South of the capital Nouméa), local media report.

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