Dengue fever outbreak prompts Florida counties to declare state of emergency
- Several Florida counties recently declared a state of local emergency in response to a spate of dengue fever infections.
- Hillsborough county, Florida, officials made the declaration on 24 September as health authorities recorded 134 confirmed cases of dengue fever, which is a mosquito-borne sickness typically found in countries outside the US.
- Officials said that the spread of the illness poses “an immediate and widespread threat to the public health, safety, and welfare of the residents and visitors of Hillsborough county”.
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- Several Florida counties recently declared a state of local emergency in response to a spate of dengue fever infections.
- Hillsborough county, Florida, officials made the declaration on 24 September as health authorities recorded 134 confirmed cases of dengue fever, which is a mosquito-borne sickness typically found in countries outside the US.
- Officials said that the spread of the illness poses “an immediate and widespread threat to the public health, safety, and welfare of the residents and visitors of Hillsborough county”.
Sources: Guardian