Pacific Syndromic Surveillance System Weekly Bulletin / Système de Surveillance Syndromique dans le Pacifique - Bulletin Hebdomadaire: W14 2018 (April 2 - 8)

The following syndromes have been flagged:

· Acute Fever and Rash: Fiji, Northern Marianna Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu

Other Updates:

Meningococcal disease:

· Outbreak of meningococcal disease group C is ongoing in Fiji. The Fiji MHMS will continue to post updates on PacNet. The last update was posted on 6 April 2018 For details of previous updates please refer to: MHMS media release

Dengue:

· There are ongoing dengue serotype-2 outbreaks in Fiji, Vanuatu. The weekly number of cases (dengue serotype-2) reported is decreasing in Tonga and Samoa

· Dengue serotype-1 outbreak is ongoing in Wallis and Futuna

· New Caledonia has an ongoing outbreak of dengue serotype 1 and 2 (61% of cases are serotype-2). As of 1 April there have been 25 hospitalised cases since 1 January 2018. For further details, please refer to PacNet posting today by Ludovic Fluory.

Mumps:

· There are ongoing outbreaks in Chuuk and Yap State (FSM) and Vanuatu.