Ke ʻā nei ka maʻi maʻi Dengue ma nā mokupuni o ka Pākīpika, me ka hōʻike ʻana o Fiti ma kahi o 2000 mau maʻi a me ʻAmelika ʻAmelika e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻolako ʻana o nā hihia i hoʻokahi makahiki i ka mahina i hala.
Ke hōʻike nei ʻo Samoa, Tonga, New Caledonia, Kiribati a me Palau i nā pae kiʻekiʻe o ka maʻi.
ʻO ka maʻi maʻi Dengue, hoʻoili ʻia i ke kanaka ma o ka nahu ʻana o ka makika, he ʻeha nui, hoʻonāwaliwali a i kekahi manawa make.
Ua lele ka laha ma Fiti i nā pule i hala iho nei. ʻO ke kikowaena waena, me kahi kokoke i 1300 mau hihia, a ʻo ke komohana ʻoi loa ka pōʻino.
Ua ʻōlelo nā luna olakino ma Samoa ʻAmelika ua pepehi ka maʻi i kahi keikikāne 10 mau makahiki a ua hoʻopilikia ʻia ma kahi o 200 a hiki i kēia makahiki. ʻO ka hapa nui o ia mau hihia i loaʻa i nā pule ʻeono i hala.
ʻO ka makahiki i hala aku nei he 109 mau hihia.
ʻO ka ʻōlelo aʻo huakaʻi a ke Aupuni New Zealand e ʻōlelo ana i nā mokupuni o ka Pākīpika e ʻōlelo aku nei i ka poʻe huakaʻi e pili ana i ka piʻi ʻana o ke kuni.
He kiʻekiʻe nō hoʻi nā pae kiʻekiʻe o Thailand a me Rio de Janeiro o Brazil, wahi a ia.
"No ka mea, ʻaʻohe lāʻau lapaʻau e pale aku ai i ka maʻi dengue, ua ʻōlelo ʻia ka poʻe huakaʻi e hoʻohana i ka mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa pepeke, e ʻaʻahu i nā lole pale, a e noho ma nā hale noho kahi i loaʻa nā pale makika ma nā puka makani a me nā puka."
ʻO ka poʻe e hoʻi mai ana mai nā Mokupuni e hopohopo nei ua loaʻa paha lākou i ka maʻi maʻi i kā lākou huakaʻi, a i ʻole ke ʻano maikaʻi ʻole i kā lākou mau pule mua ʻelua i hala, ua koi ʻia e ʻimi koke i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo olakino.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Andrea Forde, ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo koʻikoʻi o ka Ministry of Health, ʻaʻohe o New Zealand i nā loiloi olakino ma ka palena.
"No laila ʻaʻohe ala e hoʻoholo ai inā ua loaʻa kahi kanaka New Zealand e hoʻi mai ana mai waho mai i kahi maʻi kūikawā e like me ka dengue a ʻimi lākou i ka mālama olakino."
ʻO ka maʻi maʻi maʻi Dengue i hele mai a hele i ka Pākīpika, wahi a Kauka Teuila Percival o ka Hale ʻImi ʻImi Ola Pākīpika o ke Kulanui o Auckland.
Ua loaʻa ʻo Dr Percival iā ia iho i ke kuni ma Samoa i nā makahiki i hala aku nei, a ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻoiai ʻo ka haʻahaʻa o ka make ʻana o ka dengue "ʻaʻole ia he mea āu e makemake ai e loaʻa".
“He mea weliweli. ʻO ka mea ʻino loa hiki iā ia ke pepehi, hiki iā ia ke hoʻokahe koko iā ʻoe mai nā wahi āpau, i kēlā me kēia okana. Akā i kona ʻano haʻahaʻa, he mea weliweli nō ia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua like ke ʻano maʻamau o ke kuni me ka maʻi maʻi nui.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- ʻO ka ʻōlelo aʻo huakaʻi a ke Aupuni New Zealand e ʻōlelo ana i nā mokupuni o ka Pākīpika e ʻōlelo aku nei i ka poʻe huakaʻi e pili ana i ka piʻi ʻana o ke kuni.
- “As there is no vaccine to protect against dengue fever, travelers are advised to use insect repellent, wear protective clothing, and stay in lodgings where there are mosquito screens on windows and doors.
- ʻO ka poʻe e hoʻi mai ana mai nā Mokupuni e hopohopo nei ua loaʻa paha lākou i ka maʻi maʻi i kā lākou huakaʻi, a i ʻole ke ʻano maikaʻi ʻole i kā lākou mau pule mua ʻelua i hala, ua koi ʻia e ʻimi koke i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo olakino.
