Te Marae Ora Cook Islands Ministry of Health (TMO) is closely monitoring the situation regarding two people in voluntary self-quarantine in Rarotonga.

Persons intending to travel to the Cook Islands who have been in – Peoples Republic of China (including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau) Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Italy and Iran, within the last 14 days prior to travel, will be denied entry into the Cook Islands.

Persons intending to travel to the Cook Islands who have been in China within the last 14 days prior to travel will be denied entry into the Cook Islands. In addition, all Cook Islanders and residents of the Cook Islands should avoid non-essential travel to China.

On 22 January 2020, Te Marae Ora activated the national health emergency response and Incident Management System (IMS), in response to the 2019-nCoV outbreak. The IMS consists of the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) at Rarotonga Hospital and Event Surveillance and Response (ESR) room at Public Health, Tupapa.

Te Marae Ora wishes to update the public regarding the
2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) respiratory virus outbreak in Wuhan, Hubei Province,
China. 2019-nCoV is a new coronavirus that has not been previously identified and it is now
spreading widely across China, parts of Asia, and the rest of the world.