Dengue count rises to 40 in the Cook Islands

9 May 2019

A comprehensive campaign has been put in place to limit the spread of dengue fever with the current total sitting at 40 (37 from Rarotonga, 3 from Aitutaki). A Ministry of Health report dated Apr 30 states that 18 cases have been confirmed as DENV-1 and ‘the first confirmed DENV-1 case was a German visitor who arrived from French Polynesia’. Last week NZ health authorities confirmed a dengue fever infection in a recent arrival from the Cook Islands (also 10 imported cases with travel history to Fiji). Read more.

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