LEPTOSPIROSIS – FRENCH POLYNESIA: HEAVY RAINFALL, ALERT
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Date: Thu 11 Jan 2024 16:15 TAHT
Source: Tahiti Info [in French, machine trans., edited]
https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Les-cas-de-leptospirose-en-forte-hausse_a221667.html
Eight cases of leptospirosis were identified during the first week of
2024 in Tahiti, Raiatea and Huahine.
It is an “epidemic wave” which can be attributed to the rainy episodes
that have occurred recently in the Windward Islands and the Leeward
Islands, estimate the health authorities in the latest weekly
monitoring bulletin released Thursday [11 Jan 2024] by the Directorate
of Health. Eight cases of leptospirosis — a record figure over a week