The Department of Immigration says two detainees and a staff member have contracted the illness and all three of them are expected to make a full recovery.



The President of the Australian Medical Association Dr Steve Hambleton has told the ABC, he believes it is time for an assessment to be carried out at the centre by an independent medical team.



"To go and assess the level of care that's provided. There were independent groups in the past like the Independent Health Advisory Group that have been disbanded and replaced by one individual," he said.

"But we think it should be an independent group that can report to parliament which basically means it reports to the people of Australia to make sure that sufficient resources are being provided."

The Greens immigration spokeswoman Sarah Hanson-Young says people who have contacted dengue fever in Nauru should be removed from the island.