A dengue epidemic has raged in the archipelago of Guadeloupe since mid-October 2019, reports France Antilles . Nearly 9,625 clinically suggestive cases have been estimated on the island of Guadeloupe alone, according to the latest report from Public Health France Antilles.
However, this report shows that the number of cases has stabilized for about six weeks. Over the past four weeks, Santé Publique France has counted 390 new cases. There are currently six active sources of contamination on the island of Guadeloupe. About a quarter of those infected have been hospitalized since the start of the epidemic.
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Progression of the epidemic in Saint-Barthélemy, decline in Saint-Martin
North of the archipelago, the island of Saint-Barthélemy is seeing the epidemic progress, according to the report relayed by France Antilles . At the end of July, a peak was observed with 62 cases in one week, against half the previous week. This is a high value according to local health authorities. Since the start of the epidemic, 520 cases of dengue have been identified.
On the island of Saint-Martin, on the other hand, the number of consultations for suspected dengue fever has decreased. An average of 35 consultations have been recorded in the last four weeks. This is half the weekly values recorded over the last four months, during which 1,865 cases of dengue fever were observed.
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