A six-year-old girl has been confirmed as the first person to die from dengue fever in the Marshall Islands.
The girl was reported to have been taken to Majuro hospital last Thursday after experiencing a headache, where she was given medicine and sent back home.
But she returned to hospital on Sunday because she was vomiting blood and died on Tuesday.
There are now over 270 confirmed dengue cases across the two locations of Ebeye and Majuro and a state of health emergency continues with travel restrictions in place.
Our correspondent in the Marshall Islands Giff Johnson told Jenny Meyer the health state of emergency persists.
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Majuro, Marshall Islands. Photo: Giff Johnson