Английская Википедия:2023 dengue outbreak in Jamaica

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Шаблон:Infobox outbreak In the 2023 dengue outbreak in Jamaica, a significant rise in the number of dengue fever cases was reported in Jamaica. In September 2023 The Ministry of Health and Wellness, Jamaica declared it as an outbreak.[1]

Outbreak

The outbreak peaked at around September with over 500 cases across the island. Andrew Holness, the Prime Minister of Jamaica announced a programme of around $200 million to curb the spread of virus at schools, households and communities.[2] It was declared as outbreak by Health ministry in September citing that virus surpassed the epidemic threshold for July and August and was heading towards same for September. The number of confirmed cases as reported by health ministry were 3,147 with nine deaths, as of November 2023.[3]

Statistics

Status (as of November 2023)
Number of cases 3,147
Number of deaths 9

References

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