MEASLES IN COOK ISLANDS
* MANY CASES REPORTED THIS MONTH
(PBES3 IS3OCIITIO* TILEOEAIi.) ‘ WELLINGTON, July 29. The correspondent of the United Press Association, writing from Rarotonga, states:— On July 2 a case of measles was diagnosed at Avarua, Rarotonga, and 11 new cases were reported the next day. This is believed to be the first outbreak since 1894. To avoid the spread of the disease all schools, churches, the cinema, and gatherings have been closed or suspended. More than 200 cases have been isolated up to the present. Before the first case was discovered the schooner Ti Re Taporo left on June 9 for the northern islands and Tahiti, but had arrived at Tahiti before the discovery of the outbreak in Rarotonga. To date one case has been found at Manahiki and 10 cases at Penrhyn. The schooner Tagua called at Aitutaki before the disease was known, and 12 cases have been reported from that Island. Stringent precautions are being observed throughout the group of islands.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22467, 30 July 1938, Page 7
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