WorldAfricaGuienda: Dengue outbreak- Update

Guienda: Dengue outbreak- Update

Type of event:
Disease/Outbreak

Victims

Wounded

1

Date

August 27, 2023

What happened

According to the WHO “Weekly Bulletin on Outbreaks and other Emergencies” (Week 34: 21 – 27 August 2023), WHO AFRO was informed about a confirmed case of Dengue fever in Guinea. It is a 37-year-old physician from Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, who arrived in Conakry, Republic of Guinea, on August 3, 2023. The patient had onset of symptoms on 5 August 2023, and a sample collected on 14 August 2023 confirmed the patient’s positive for Dengue.

Where it happened

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