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Cook Islands reports dengue death, amid increase in outbreak
5:36 pm on 8 February 2026
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A clinician says dengue fever vaccines should be made available in New Zealand as the Cook Islands reports a death from their current outbreak - an outbreak that has seen cases of the disease in Aotearoa grow too.
The country's health ministry said an elderly patient with underlying conditions had arrived to hospital late in the disease's progression, and died on 2 February...
Cook Islands reports dengue death, amid increase in outbreak
5:36 pm on 8 February 2026
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RNZ Online
A clinician says dengue fever vaccines should be made available in New Zealand as the Cook Islands reports a death from their current outbreak - an outbreak that has seen cases of the disease in Aotearoa grow too.
The country's health ministry said an elderly patient with underlying conditions had arrived to hospital late in the disease's progression, and died on 2 February...