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  • NZ: 2017 Mumps

    Source: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/nation...e-numbers-rise

    Mumps outbreak concern after case numbers rise
    9:08 am today
    Sally Murphy Auckland Reporter

    Health officials fear there could be an outbreak of mumps after 20 cases were reported in just five months - up to triple the usual rate.

    Thirteen cases were reported in Auckland, while Rotorua and Taupo each had three cases. Cases were also reported in Wellington (two), Canterbury (one) and the West Coast (one).

    The Ministry of Health said it appeared most of the cases had been acquired overseas, and had affected people between the ages of two and 31.

    There was an increased risk of further outbreaks so people should check they were immunised, the ministry said...


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    Source: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-...reported-cases


    Mumps outbreak in Auckland reaches 25 reported cases
    12:06am
    Chris Chang
    1 NEWS Reporter

    A mumps outbreak in Auckland has reached 25 reported cases.

    Auckland Regional Public Health Service has confirmed the numbers to 1 NEWS, with the most recent case reported last Friday.

    Earlier last month, the Ministry of Health reported an increase in mumps cases "with 25 cases reported between 1 September 2016 and 9 February 2017".

    This number is two to three times higher than for the same period in the three previous years, a statement said...

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    • #3
      Source: http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/health...-auckland.html


      Mumps outbreak hits Auckland
      03/07/2017
      Lucy Warhurst

      An "unrelenting mumps outbreak" hitting Auckland has health officials appealing to parents to immunise their children.

      More than 130 cases have been reported in the city this year, compared with 35 in 2016, the Auckland Regional Public Health Service said.

      In 80 percent of cases, the patient has not been fully vaccinated...

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      • #4
        Source: https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/news/2017...-auckland.aspx


        Eight people hospitalised during outbreak of mumps in Auckland
        Ruth Browncontent@nzdoctor.co.nzTuesday 04 July 2017, 2:55PM

        Eight of the 138 people with mumps in Auckland this year have ended up in hospital and public health staff are urging families and primary care to check children and young people are vaccinated

        About 65 per cent of the cases in Auckland are aged 10 to 19 and overall, 80 per cent are people who have not been fully vaccinated, Auckland Regional Public Health Service clinical director Julia Peters says.

        As of yesterday, 138 cases of mumps have been confirmed and, of the eight who have been hospitalised, six have had inflammation of the testicles, known as orchitis. One has had mumps meningitis, but has now recovered...

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        • #5
          Source: https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/945...-west-auckland

          Mumps outbreak; 82 of 148 cases in west Auckland
          TORIKA TOKALAU-CHANDRA
          Last updated 10:10, July 13 2017

          West Aucklanders account for more than half of the mumps cases confirmed this year, with 40 cases confirmed after notifications from 12 schools - but the regional health service won't name them.

          Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) clinical director Dr Julia Peters confirmed there was a mumps outbreak with 148 cases recorded in Auckland as of July 7...

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          • #6
            Source: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/nation...ed-in-auckland


            22 Jul 2017
            Mumps outbreak: 169 infected in Auckland
            12:03 pm on 22 July 2017

            ...Julia Peters, clinical director of the Auckland Regional Public Health Service, said 80 percent of the 169 people with confirmed cases of mumps were not fully vaccinated. The majority were aged between 10 and 29...

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            • #7
              Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/loca...kland-outbreak


              51 new mumps cases in 26 days in Auckland outbreak
              TORIKA TOKALAU-CHANDRA
              Last updated 10:22, August 9 2017

              According to the Auckland Regional Public Health Service, there is still a mumps outbreak in Auckland.

              Auckland's mumps outbreak is increasing at a drastic rate with 51 new cases recorded in 26 days.

              The Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) confirmed that from July 7, mumps cases increased from 148 to 199 as of August 2.

              ARPHS medical officer of health Dr Josephine Herman said mumps was now widespread across Auckland...

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              • #8
                Source: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/hea...in-marlborough

                Mumps cases confirmed in Marlborough
                JENNIFER EDER
                Last updated 12:30, August 17 2017

                Three young people in Marlborough have contracted the mumps, with at least one case linked to an outbreak in Auckland.

                The confirmed cases are the first to hit Marlborough since 2014. Two cases have also been confirmed in Nelson.

                Medical officer of health Dr Andrew Lindsay said three cases in Marlborough was unusual...

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                • #9
                  Source: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/h...umps-confirmed


                  Friday, 25 August 2017
                  12 cases of mumps confirmed

                  News Dunedin Health

                  Public Health South has issued a formal notification about the mumps outbreak.

                  There have been 12 confirmed cases in Dunedin, most of them at the University of Otago, the authority said in a statement yesterday.

                  Last week, the Otago Daily Times reported the university was providing free booster vaccinations in response to about 10 reported cases...

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                  • #10
                    Source: http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/hea...-eight-months/

                    Auckland mumps outbreak: 300 cases in eight months
                    Newstalk ZB Staff,
                    Tuesday, 5 September 2017, 3:38PM

                    Auckland schools are on alert, after the scale of a mumps outbreak's been revealed.

                    There have been 300 cases of mumps in Auckland in just eight months - that's more than the total number of cases in the region over the last 16 years.

                    And Auckland Regional Public Health Service said there's a high chance of further cases in schools...

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                    • #11
                      Source: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/hea...mumps-outbreak


                      Pacific community hit hardest by Auckland mumps outbreak
                      EMILY FORD
                      Last updated 20:31, September 11 20

                      Auckland's largest mumps outbreak in years is affecting the Pacific Island community worst.

                      More than 300 people have been affected by the virus since January, which is the worst in 16 years, and more than 60 per cent of the cases are Pacific people.

                      Auckland Regional Public Health Service medical officer Dr Josephine Herman says people who grew up in the Pacific Islands may not be immunised for mumps.

                      Countries like Fiji, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Kiribati don't include the mumps vaccine with the measles and rubella vaccines like New Zealand does, she says...

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                      • #12
                        Source: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=11921559


                        Mumps case confirmed in Central Hawke's Bay
                        12 Sep, 2017 4:42pm

                        Adults and parents with children at Waipukurau Primary School in Central Hawke's Bay are being asked to check their immunisation status following a confirmed case of mumps at the school.

                        Medical officer of Health Dr Rachel Eyre said: "Mumps is a highly infectious viral infection, spread by breathing, sneezing and coughing. People with mumps may suffer swelling of testicles or ovaries, hearing loss, breathing difficulties and rarely, brain inflammation...

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                        • #13
                          Source: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-a...ectid=11921927

                          Northland mumps cases highest in years
                          14 Sep, 2017 11:00am
                          By: Lindy Laird

                          Ten cases of mumps have been reported in Northland this winter as an outbreak of the illness sweeps communities in Auckland and further afield.

                          There have been 440 cases recorded in New Zealand since January, which is more than all the cases over the previous 16 years, after a serious outbreak of up to 300 cases in 1994.

                          The total Northland cases since that outbreak has been 69...

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                          • #14
                            Source: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-ple...ectid=11923656

                            Mumps outbreak hits Tauranga
                            19 Sep, 2017 1:00pm
                            By: Kiri Gillespie

                            Health authorities say three people have been diagnosed mumps in Tauranga this month.

                            However, there were concerns more people might unwittingly be carrying, and passing, on the virus...

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                            • #15
                              Source: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-...es-nine-months


                              Auckland in the grips of mumps outbreak with sixteen years' worth of cases in nine months
                              1:52am

                              Auckland is in the midst of a full blown outbreak of the mumps, with more than 450 cases confirmed so far this year and the number rising daily.

                              The huge amount of cases means Auckland's had more than 16-years-worth of cases in just nine months.

                              "This is definitely a massive increase and can really only be described as a full blown outbreak that shows no sign of abating at the moment," Dr Julie Peters Clinical Director of Auckland Regional Public Health Service said.

                              The statistics are troubling, showing of the confirmed cases, 80 per cent aren't fully immunised, 60 per cent are aged 10 to 24 and 50 per cent are Pasifika...

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