The Cook Islands Dengue Fever Outbreak refers to the Dengue fever outbreak in the Cook Islands beginning sometime in January 2019,[1] declared an outbreak after seven cases were detected with varying stages. The Ministry of Health stated one case was allegedly from French Polynesia. This was relatively new, as the last dengue fever outbreak was in 2009; this specific serotype of DENV-1 in 2007.[2]

Initial cases were restricted to Rarotonga and Aitutaki,[3] but in August 2020 a case was reported on Pukapuka.[4] The Pukapuka outbreak was brought under control in October 2020 after a mosquito eradication campaign,[5] and the entire outbreak was declared over in early November 2020.[6] There were a total of 380 probable or confirmed cases (6 in Aitutaki, 5 in Pukapuka, and the rest on Rarotonga), 77 hospitalisations, and no deaths.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Dengue update 27 February 2019 - Cook Islands". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Cook Islands declare dengue outbreak in Rarotonga, 1st in a decade". Outbreak News Today. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Dengue-1 Outbreak in the Cook Islands: Situation Report 10: ending 12 March 2020 - Reporting Date: 13 March 2020". ReliefWeb. 14 March 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  4. ↑ Losirene Lacanivalu (6 August 2020). "Health officials confirm spread of dengue in Pa Enua". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  5. ↑ Losirene Lacanivalu (31 October 2020). "Dengue in Pa Enua controlled". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  6. 1 2 Losirene Lacanivalu (7 November 2020). "Dengue fever defeated". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
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