Fiji, May 26 -- The Cook Islands has officially regained its dengue-free status after going 26 days without a recorded dengue case, the Ministry of Health announced Monday.

Secretary of Health Bob Williams confirmed that the Cook Islands was declared dengue free on 25 May 2026, following the last positive dengue case recorded on 28 April 2026.

The Ministry said the 26-day period represented "just over two incubation periods with no reported case which meets the international standard to declare the outbreak being eliminated and the Cook Islands once again regaining its dengue free status".

The announcement comes more than a year after the outbreak was first declared on 22 May 2025 and the launch of Operation Namu25.

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