The dengue outbreak has claimed its second victim this year, a six-month-old baby died of associated causes on Saturday. Read more. Of the 1,156 year-to-date cases, 768 have been dengue type 2 and just under one-third of all cases have been in the capital, Noumea. Over the past three weeks, infections have decreased in number and plateaued. Read more (translation required).
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