Government of Jamaica
A body temperature of ≥38°C/ 100.4°F (or recent history of fever) in a previously healthy person presenting with at least one haemorrhagic (bleeding) manifestation with or without jaundice (e.g. haematemesis or purpura or haemoptysis or melena).
Fever with haematuria and epistaxis should not be counted.
Source: National Surveillance Manual
Reported every week through sentinel syndromic surveillance, and set against the weekly threshold.
The National Surveillance Unit publishes the latest figures every week.