WHO issues Fiji dengue warning

Updated August 20, 2008 13:55:44

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There are fears about the spread of dengue fever in the Pacific, with several countries experiencing higher numbers of outbreaks. Tonga, New Caledonia and Kiribati, as well as Samoa and American Samoa have reported outbreaks of the mosquito-borne disease in the past six months.
It's led to the World Health Organisation issuing a dengue fever warning for Fiji, which hasn't had an outbreak in 10 years.

Presenter:Megan Flamer
Speaker: Sharmain Edwards, epidemiology contact for American Samoa; Dr Chen Ken, World Health Organisation representative for the South Pacific Island countries