Fiji has recorded 38 cases of meningococcal disease so far this year.
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Of these 20 have been confirmed by the lab but 18 are suspected based on clinical signs and symptoms.
Health authorities have begun administering preventative antibiotics to students and staff of Navesau Adventist School in Tailevu, after six cases of the disease were diagnosed.
The Ministry of Health is aware private pharmacies have brought in vaccines and work is underway to prevent any price gouging.
A school in Fiji has closed for the rest of the week after an outbreak of meningitis.
UNICEF in Fiji says the meningitis outbreak can be addressed by families paying particular attention to basic hygiene. Fiji's Ministry of Health declared an outbreak of meningococcal disease recently…
Fiji's Ministry of Health has been working to contain an outbreak of meningitis at a boarding school in Levuka with a vaccination programme.
Health authorities in Fiji have declared an outbreak of meningococcal disease.
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