Checks keep dengue at bay

The Ministry of Health receives regular information from Rarotonga Hospital and keeping a close eye on dengue outbreaks in other parts of the Pacific, but no cases of the debilitating disease, spread by mosquitoes, have been discovered in the Cook Islands so far this year.

The Ministry of Health receives regular information from Rarotonga Hospital and keeping a close eye on dengue outbreaks in other parts of the Pacific, but no cases of the debilitating disease, spread by mosquitoes, have been discovered in the Cook Islands so far this year.