Dengue outbreak infected over 300 people in Suriname

Machine translated article from Prensa Latina :

" At least 300 people have contracted dengue fever in Surinam during the last week, forcing the authorities to declare a state of alert for the outbreak.

The Health Ministry said on Saturday the creation of a special team to emergency situations, as well as strengthening the work of health education and awareness and control of pests. For its part, the head of the Bureau of Health, Lesley Reside, said authorities launched a batch of material and equipment pesticides to deal with the epidemic.

The outbreak even led to the hospitalization of Parliament Speaker Jennifer Simons, the agency Caribbean Media Corporation."

Dengue continues to worry Suriname

Via Stabroek News :

" Four out of six patients with a viral condition in Diakonessenhuis have dengue. Last weekend, ten cases of viral infection were admitted to the Academisch Ziekenhuis Paramaribo, AZP, [University Hospital].

In the meantime the cases keep flooding other hospitals, forcing authorities to call in the help of the Military Hospital. The Nickerie regional hospital conducted 100 lab tests in 2011, 20 of which were positive for dengue.

In January 2012, 12 cases have been uncovered so far. s‘Lands Hospitaal had 40 lab test requests between December and January, four of which tested positive, while the AZP lab had 100 positive cases."