Epidemic Hazard – Indonesian Archipelago – Papua New Guinea

EDIS Number: EH-20101109-28463-PNG
Date / time: 09/11/2010 10:39:30 [UTC]
Event: Epidemic Hazard
Area: Indonesian archipelago
Country: Papua New Guinea
State/County: Unknow
City: Unknow
Number of Deads: 13 persons
Number of Injured: None or unknow
Damage level: Minor

Description:

Papua New Guinea's cholera outbreak appears to have spread. Thirteen children have died on a remote island near the maritime border with Australia in the Torres Strait. Infection rates have slowed after the outbreak began on PNG's north coast in August last year and spread throughout the mainland. Now the disease appears to have surfaced on remote Daru Island, 50 kilometres from Saibai Island on the Australian side of the Torres Strait. The National newspaper reports 13 children have died from cholera-like symptoms and 64 other people are being treated in the local hospital. Australia's aid agency AusAID is monitoring the situation and working to confirm the details. A spokesman says they will discuss the issue with the World Health Organisation and the PNG government and may consider a joint mission to the island.

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