NZ: 2018 Measles

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Source: https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/southl...onfirmed-south


Tuesday, 20 November 2018
Measles case confirmed in South
By Mike Houlahan

A Milford Sound woman has been confirmed as having measles - the first case of the highly infectious illness in New Zealand since May.

Health authorities are scrambling to identify how she contracted measles, and who she may have come in to contact with - the disease is infectious for at least 10 days.

Public Health South did not know if the woman had been immunised...

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Source: http://infosurhoy.com/cocoon/saii/xh...-bound-flight/

Measles warning for passengers on Auckland-bound flight
by Denis Bedoya | Dec 14, 2018 | News

Auckland health officials are trying to track down passengers on a plane which was carrying someone with measles.

They say the infected person flew in from Manila on Philippine Airlines flight PR218 on 30 November at 2.05pm and those sitting around them may have been infected.

Medical officer of health David Sinclair said they were contacting other passengers on the plane who were sitting between rows 44 and 66...