THE Ministry of Health and Medical Services yesterday declared an outbreak of diarrhea in Honiara, after a total 26 cases were reported and diagnosed in various clinics in Honiara.
The Ministry’s Undersecretary Dr Cedric Alependava announced this at the press conference yesterday, stating that the number of cases diagnosed already was alarming-not ruling out the risk of an epidemic of the infectious disease occurring soon.
Dr Alependava said an upsurge of diarrhoea cases has been picked up by the recently introduced Ministry of Health syndrome surveillance system over the past two weeks.
“Over the recent two weeks, two clinics in Honiara, namely Mataniko and Rove clinics have reported abnormally high numbers of diarrhoeal cases compared to previous data for the same period-mostly affecting children under five years of age,” he said.
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