#chikungunya

The Health Department has been ramping up its vector control capacity by increasing staff on all islands, conducting training on mosquito surveillance and…

Maui County is seeing an increase in the number of imported suspect mosquito-borne diseases, such as Zika, dengue and chikungunya.

With the expected surge in travel for the 2016 IRONMAN World Championship triathlon, the health officials are urging the public to take precautions to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes and reduce the risk of spreading diseases, including Zika, dengue, and chikungunya.

Hawaiʻi residents are urged to take preventive measures against being bitten by mosquitoes while in Brazil for the 2016 Summer Olympics because of the ongoing Zika outbreak in that country.

The Department of Health has relaunched its Fight the Bite campaign and expanded it to include all mosquito-borne diseases including Zika, dengue & chikungunya.

Although there have been no “locally-acquired” cases in Hawaiʻi, there were nine confirmed cases of Zika since 2015, which includes a case of an infected infant born with microcephaly, a serious birth defect directly linked to Zika. Companies like Hawaiʻi Biotech are racing to develop a vaccine.

The state and Hawai‘i County are standing down certain emergency response activities related to the dengue fever outbreak after 30 days of no new locally acquired cases.

Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell is urging O‘ahu residents and visitors to take action against mosquitoes and their bites following an announcement by the state Department of Health that four imported cases of mosquito borne viruses are being investigated on the island. The O‘ahu cases include: (1) Zika virus, (2) dengue fever and (1) chikungunya.