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Brevard County Reports First Locally Acquired Dengue Case Amid Florida Outbreak

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Status

Reported, not yet confirmed

Independent sources

2

First seen

Oct 16, 3:43 PM EDT

updated Oct 17, 9:12 AM EDT

Topic

Local News

Reported by WOFL (FOX 35 Orlando) and WFTV (Channel 9 ABC), not yet confirmed.

What Happened

Brevard County has reported its first locally acquired dengue case amid a Florida outbreak, WOFL (FOX 35 Orlando) reported. The local case has triggered mosquito monitoring in the county, according to WFTV (Channel 9 ABC).

Written by our system from the sources below (2), version 1, Oct 17, 9:56 AM EDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.

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How It Unfolded

Oct 16, 4:46 PM EDT · first source seenOct 17, 9:56 AM EDT · published

Official Confirmation

No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.

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Brevard County and its neighbours, as they are right now. The event is placed on the county; it is not drawn as a point.

How We Decided

Oct 16, 5:01 PM EDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 17, 9:56 AM EDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.