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Dengue outbreaks in Pacific cause concerns
Updated at 9:43 pm today
Fresh outbreaks of dengue fever - a serious viral disease spread by the bite of infected mosquitoes - at two Pacific destinations favoured by New Zealand tourists are causing concern.
Three cases of the fever have been confirmed on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands and public health officials there expect more cases.
And the New Caledonian Government has issued an alert for an impending epidemic there.
It says six new cases have been confirmed two days after an initial outbreak when five people were reported infected...
Dengue outbreaks in Pacific cause concerns
Updated at 9:43 pm today
Fresh outbreaks of dengue fever - a serious viral disease spread by the bite of infected mosquitoes - at two Pacific destinations favoured by New Zealand tourists are causing concern.
Three cases of the fever have been confirmed on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands and public health officials there expect more cases.
And the New Caledonian Government has issued an alert for an impending epidemic there.
It says six new cases have been confirmed two days after an initial outbreak when five people were reported infected...