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**Shiloh** · April 3, 2017, 10:01 PM

Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/9117...acting-typhoid

Woman dies in Auckland after contracting typhoid, 15 cases now confirmed
Last updated 13:26, April 4 2017

The woman's funeral was held yesterday in Mt Roskill but details were only released this morning.

Health authorities are being slammed after waiting until after a woman died to notify the public about a typhoid outbreak.

Fifteen cases have now been confirmed to be linked to the outbreak, with two other probable cases awaiting further tests.

The woman, from Auckland's Mt Roskill, died in Auckland City Hospital last Tuesday...

**Pathfinder** · April 7, 2017, 10:55 AM

Auckland typhoid outbreak - 7 April update

4:08 PM Friday April 07, 2017

For typhoid information and resources including
translations in Samoan, please click here.

As at 7 April 2017, the number of cases of typhoid in Auckland remains unchanged.

There are still 18 confirmed cases, one probable case and a further two cases under investigation connected with this outbreak. Of these, there are three people currently in hospital as more patients have now been discharged.

The data reinforces ARPHS? view the outbreak may have plateaued. All cases are connected to the same church group and those considered to be at highest risk of contracting typhoid are being closely monitored by ARPHS. At the moment, there is no evidence of people from outside this group becoming infected.

More cases may come to light as a result of the work ARPHS is doing to trace those who have been in contact with people confirmed as having typhoid. Typhoid has a typical incubation period of 8-14 days but incubation can be up to 80 days. This means cases may emerge over the course of several weeks.

ARPHS continues to work with the church community. This includes engaging with the cases, their contacts and church leaders of this community, prioritising those people with the greatest clinical risk and those at greatest risk of exposure to the bacteria.

Public health services have asked close contacts of typhoid patients who are in settings where there is an increased risk of transmission, such as food handlers, to stand down until they're cleared. Testing usually takes around 24-48 hours to produce a result. Six people have been stood down in the Auckland region. There are around 40 cases a year of typhoid reported in New Zealand from individuals who become infected overseas. It's expected that other cases of typhoid will be detected and treated, but these will be reported as usual through the ESR monthly updates, unless they're linked to this Auckland outbreak, in which case they will be reported in ARPHS? regular updates.

Clarification of how typhoid spreads
It is important to understand typhoid is only spread by eating food or drinking water that is contaminated with faeces or urine from a person who has the illness, or who may be a carrier of the bacteria.

Casual social contact, such as visiting a person in hospital and hugging and kissing them, is not a significant risk to people.

Once people are being effectively treated in hospital, the risk of them spreading the disease is significantly minimised. It can take a number of days of monitoring before they are fully cleared by public health. Once cleared, there is no risk of them spreading the disease.

The usual incubation period for typhoid is 8-14 days, so people who became unwell in the past week could not have contracted the disease by visiting a person associated with outbreak in hospital.

Members of the general public who have concerns should visit their GP, or call Healthline on 0800 611 116. Healthline has translation services available 24/7.

For typhoid information and resources including translations in Samoan, please click here.

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**Shiloh** · April 12, 2017, 05:35 PM

Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/heal...kland-outbreak

Two new cases of typhoid in Auckland outbreak
Last updated 21:28, April 12 2017

There are now 20 confirmed cases of typhoid in the Auckland outbreak of the disease, which has killed one person.

On Wednesday evening Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) said ongoing testing had identified two more people infected.

It was "probable" another person also had the infectious disease...

**Shiloh** · May 25, 2017, 12:39 PM

Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/heal...-spreads-south

Children checked for typhoid after outbreak spreads south
Typhoid has spread to Palmerston North.
GRANT MATTHEW/FAIRFAX NZ

Typhoid has spread to Palmerston North.

Palmerston North Hospital is awaiting test results from members of the early childhood centre attended by a child who tested positive for typhoid.

Health officials confirmed two Palmerston North people, the child and a young adult, had the infection, which spread from an Auckland outbreak a month ago.

The young adult was in Palmerston North Hospital with the disease, while the child was being treated out of hospital.

The young adult had a family link to the Auckland typhoid outbreak in April, in which one person died...

**Shiloh** · July 22, 2017, 05:47 PM

Source: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/hea...phoid-outbreak

Anatomy of an epidemic: How officials bungled Auckland's typhoid outbreak
CRAIG HOYLE
Last updated 05:00, July 23 2017

It seemed like any other Sunday morning for worshippers of a Samoan Assemblies of God church group as up to 150 worshippers gathered dressed in their Sunday best, to sing harmonies to Samoan gospel songs, and pray in a hall at Wesley Primary School.

Christina Sagapolutele sang alongside her church friends, unaware that one of the women at her side would soon be dead.

Nor, that a series of bungled decisions by health officials would leave the church congregation gravely ill and later ostracised...

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