The following syndromes have been flagged:
· Diarrhoea: Fiji, Vanuatu
· Influenza-like Illness: Fiji
Other updates:
Influenza
· Fiji: Increased Influenza-like illness cases reported for week ending 29 May 2016.
Chikungunya
· One imported case with travel history to Fiji reported by New Zealand ESR, (Institute of Environmental Science and Research Ltd) for the period 21/05/16–27/05/16. From 20 February to 27 May 2016 there have been 9 imported cases with travel history to Fiji reported by New Zealand ESR.
Conjunctivitis
· Tonga: outbreak in ongoing, the weekly number of cases is decreasing. As of 22 May there were 1801 cases since January this year. Source: Tonga Ministry of Health.
Yellow Fever
· As of 25 May 2016, Angola has reported 2536 suspected cases of yellow fever with 301 deaths. Among those cases, 747 have been laboratory confirmed. Despite vaccination campaigns in Luanda, there is still circulation of the virus in most districts of Luanda and in five additional provinces.
· Three countries have reported confirmed yellow fever cases imported from Angola: Democratic Republic of The Congo (DRC) (41 cases), Kenya (2 cases) and People’s Republic of China (11 cases). This highlights the risk of international spread through nonimmunised travellers.