On Rarotonga
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Typhoid Outbreak On Rarotonga
All people leaving Rarotonga, Cook Islands, by air or sea in recent weeks have been receiving anti-typhoid injections because of a small outbreak of the disease on the island.
The health authorities have in stituted strict measures to bring the outbreak under control, and late in July the position did not appear to be deteriorating.
However, since April there have been about 50 suspect cases, 20 of which proved positive. Two people died in April.
A bacteriologist from the Well ington Hospital flew to Raro tonga late in July to help the local authorities to detect car riers.