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State of emergency on Hawaii's Big Island over dengue fever outbreak
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The Aedes Aegypti mosquito has been linked to both dengue fever and the Zika virus. Photo: Marvin Recinos, AFP/Getty Images
The mayor of Hawaii County has declared a state of emergency on Hawaii's Big Island over an outbreak of mosquito-borne dengue fever.
The island has seen nearly 250 confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne virus since September 2015. State health officials first reported two cases that originated there in late October 2015, Mayor Billy Kenoi says in his declaration.
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