A statement from the Ministry said as of January 29, 2019, two cases have been confirmed by clinical testing
The cases are Okoro village in Santo and Aore Island.
MOH confirmed that the two victims were hospitalized at Northern Provincial Hospital in Santo and are being carefully monitored by the focal surveillance officer in Luganvillle.
The Ministry of Health is advising parents that Pertussis is preventable and urges them to ensure that their children are up-to-date in their vaccination schedule.
