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"She was only five": Family mourns child lost to dengue

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By Bethel Ale 30 July 2025, 5:00PM

“She was only five. We weren’t ready to say goodbye," said a teary-eyed Steve Haloseta, the father of five-year-old Victoria Haloseta from Saoluafata, who has become the youngest confirmed fatality in Samoa’s current dengue outbreak. 

By Bethel Ale 30 July 2025, 5:00PM

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