WorldAfricaChad: Dengue outbreak - Update

Chad: Dengue outbreak – Update

Type of event:
Disease/Outbreak

Victims

Wounded

12

Date

August 27, 2023

What happened

Chad Health Authorities declared the Dengue outbreak officially on 15 August 2023 after eight of 12 samples collected from Ouaddaï province in Eastern Chad tested
positive for Dengue by RT-PCR. All samples were negative for Chikungunya.

Where it happened

Main sources