Flu ruled out as cause of death for Texas couple in Fiji – NBC News

Successfully being officers in Fiji said they don’t but private an acknowledge on why a Texas couple died whereas vacationing on the island but that influenza has been ruled out as a doable cause.

Fiji’s Ministry of Successfully being and Scientific Products and companies said in a press liberate Wednesday that the investigation is ongoing into the deaths of David Paul and Michelle Paul, but that officers don’t think the public is at threat. The couple died within two days of every diverse after falling sick from an unknown ailment.

Michelle Paul’s father, Marc Calanog, told the Citadel Rate Superstar-Telegram this week that the couple met 5 years within the past in Hawaii and that each beloved beaches and snorkeling. He said the couple had planned to visit Fiji from Would possibly possibly possibly well well also 19 to Would possibly possibly possibly well well also 27, deciding on that time because relatives would possibly possibly explore their two small children.

Calanog said he bought a text message from Michelle on Would possibly possibly possibly well well also 24 that said: “We’re each going to doctor now. We’ve got been throwing up for eight hours. David moreover has diarrhea. My fingers are numb.”

He said he bought a name on Would possibly possibly possibly well well also 25 that Michelle turned into once dull, and that David Paul turned into once dull two days later.

“I did no longer think it turned into once so extreme,” Calanog told the newspaper. “I turned into once stunned. I nearly cried, but I didn’t convey because I turned into once preserving onto my emotions. … I would possibly possibly disclose I turned into once emotionally afraid.”

The ministry in Fiji said workers and medical examiners who private been provocative with the couple are being monitored as a precaution, but that all are for the time being neatly. The ministry said it’s moreover working with native police, the World Successfully being Organization and the U.S. Centers for Illness Regulate and Prevention to search out out the cause of demise.

“It shall be premature to make investments additional on the cause of demise until the investigation is total,” the statement said.

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