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An American couple died after contracting a mysterious illness while he was on vacation in Fiji this weekend.
Michelle and David Paul left their children and their dog in the United States while they embarked on a romantic journey of their lives.
But while there was only one day of dream vacation left, the American family received a call that no one wanted to hear – a serious illness had hit them.
"They knew something was going on in their bodies and were able to get to the hospital," sister-in-law Travey Calanog told local media KVUE.
The family was informed that the couple had detected a virus powerful enough to leave the healthy couple weakened.
But the mysterious illness proved fatal after Michelle's sudden deterioration and death, followed quickly by David, an aviation veteran, before he could be sent to Australia for immediate medical treatment.
Although the cause of the couple's death remains a mystery, the US Embbady in Fiji said the government had announced a dangerous flu season that just hit the area, although they did not commented on the death of the couple.
The tragic death comes just days after the former representative of the New Zealand Secondary School rugby league, Zae Wallace, died of flu after catching the flu.
The talented 20-year-old footballer was taken to the Auckland City Hospital earlier this year where he was placed under a fan and an ECMO machine.
However, the rising star died of illness Saturday.
Last month, two people, including one child, died of the flu in Auckland about a month after the start of the influenza season.
And the deaths prompted an immunization expert to relay essential information about limiting the spread of the dangerous disease.
Counties Manukau Health confirmed at the New Zealand Herald a 12-year-old man and a 62-year-old man had both died of the flu this season.
Dr. Nikki Turner, director of the Immunization Advisory Center, said the important message was to stop the spread of influenza in the community, not individually.
"Some people are at a much higher risk, people with other health problems, very young children or the elderly," she said.
"Obviously, vaccination is one way (to stop the spread) and the second thing is that when you're sick, avoid people and babies.
"Washing your hands and using these hand gels really work. Sick people should not cough to the detriment of others. We really need a little more social distancing. "
This article originally appeared in the New Zealand Herald and has been republished with the permission of
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