No pregnant women have been affected, and there is a "comprehensive mosquito control program" on the island, the spokeswoman said.

But the outbreak in the centre, which houses 1166 asylum seekers, has caused the Greens to renew their call for the restoration of an independent health advisory panel for offshore detention centres that was axed in December.

“The Australian government is forcing children and babies to live in the midst of a dengue fever outbreak,” Greens immigration spokeswoman Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said.

“An independent panel of experts to oversee the medical and psychological health of refugees in these camps is an absolute necessity.

“Children should never have been locked up in these conditions and, with no independent medical access, the risk to their physical and mental health is extremely serious.''