Dengue fever: the situation remains calm in Saint-Martin

While in Guadeloupe and Martinique confirmed cases suggestive of dengue fever have been recorded over the past two weeks, no case has been recorded in Saint-Martin.

The situation has been calm in city medicine and at the hospital since the beginning of the year, indicates Public Health France. A case had been confirmed three weeks ago, it was a person who came from the epidemic focus in Martinique.

In Guadeloupe, since the beginning of the year, 229 biologically confirmed cases of dengue fever have been confirmed, 29% of them in the last four weeks. The confirmed cases of dengue were distributed in eight municipalities of the archipelago, mainly in Grande-Terre, in Saint-François.

In Martinique, since the beginning of the year, 69 confirmed cases of dengue fever have been detected, 36% of them in the last four weeks. The confirmed cases of dengue were distributed in four communes in the south of the island; the commune of Sainte-Anne has recorded an active epidemic focus for two months, thus confirming the persistence of viral circulation.

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