#dengue turning point

Although there have been no “locally-acquired” cases in Hawaiʻi, there were nine confirmed cases of Zika since 2015, which includes a case of an infected infant born with microcephaly, a serious birth defect directly linked to Zika. Companies like Hawaiʻi Biotech are racing to develop a vaccine.

The state and Hawai‘i County are standing down certain emergency response activities related to the dengue fever outbreak after 30 days of no new locally acquired cases.