New Zealand: 2011 Whooping cough cases

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Source: http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/whooping-cough-epidemic-hawkes-bay/5/95879

Whooping cough epidemic in Hawke's Bay
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Friday, 22 July, 2011 - 11:54

The 100-day cough or Whooping Cough is reaching epidemic numbers in Hawke's Bay - with Hastings, Flaxmere and Waipukurau hardest hit.

Already this year 27 cases have been reported, compared to last year when there were 23 cases for the whole year. The Hawke's Bay incidence of 20 cases per 100,000 population is higher than last year when it was 12 and higher than New Zealand's rate of 18.

So far ten cases have been hospitalised.

Medical Officer of Health Dr Lester Calder said the reported cases represented only the tip of the iceberg of disease occurring in the community. Whooping Cough was highly infectious and caused by bacteria which were easily spread through infected people coughing and sneezing...

 

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Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/5668212/Rise-in-whooping-cough-cases-cause-for-concern

Rise in whooping cough cases cause for concern
SARAH YOUNG
Last updated 13:00 22/09/2011

Cases of whooping cough are on the rise in Nelson and Marlborough and this is only the "tip of the iceberg", say concerned health professionals who are urging people to keep vaccinations up to date.

Nelson Marlborough Medical Officer of Health Jill Sherwood said there had been an upsurge of cases since the start of August, with 14 cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, that month and 12 probable cases this month with another six under investigation.

Two cases have required hospitalisation, one in the past week.

Last year, there were five cases in July, six in August, and "normally our September numbers are even lower", she said.

There has been a noticeable increase of whooping cough notifications nationwide in the past four months, with 117 cases in August, compared to 74 the same time last year...

 

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Two babies hospitalised with whooping cough

27/09/2011 17:20:00

Two babies are in hospital with whooping cough, in the Southern District Health area.

Local Medical Officer of Health, Dr John Holmes, says that the babies are too young to be fully protected by their vaccinations to date...

 

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Source: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=10757288

More whooping cough cases on West Coast
4:17 PM Friday Oct 7, 2011

The West Coast's whooping cough (pertussis) outbreak continues, despite health authorities offering free booster vaccines to some adults.

Between May 1 and September 30, the Coast had 201 notifications of suspected whooping cough - 26 more suspected cases than the previous week.

To date, 90 have been confirmed.

The outbreak remains centred on Westland, with most cases occurring in children.

Health authorities last week announced free booster vaccines would be available through general practices to health care and early childhood education staff, along with parents of babies under the age of six months...

 

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Source: http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/whooping-cough-rise-grey-district/5/105006

Whooping cough on rise in Grey district
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Friday, 21 October, 2011 - 08:57

While the number of new cases of pertussis from Westland district has reduced, the number in the Grey district is starting to climb.

At this stage all the cases in Grey have a link to Westland.

The school holidays are currently on so there is a chance of further spread with travel and sports events. There has also been an increased rate of pertussis in Nelson-Marlborough in recent weeks...

 

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Source: http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/concerns-national-whooping-cough-epidemic/5/105258

Concerns for national whooping cough epidemic

There are concerns that the Whooping Cough outbreak in Nelson Marlborough, with similar outbreaks in West Coast and Hawke's Bay, may develop into a nation-wide epidemic similar to 2004 - 2005.

Dr Jill Sherwood Medical Officer of Health for Nelson Marlborough District said, "So far this month we have had 27 cases with a further 16 still under investigation."

During September Nelson had 40 cases of whooping cough with none notified in Marlborough ...

 

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Source: http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/whooping-cough-cases-spreading/5/105682

Whooping Cough cases spreading
Friday, 28 October, 2011 - 10:56
Whooping Cough cases spreading

The number of new cases of pertussis in Westland district has now reduced significantly, however, the outbreak is spreading to other districts. The majority of new suspected pertussis notifications come from the Grey District.

The numbers of pertussis cases are also rising in the Nelson-Marlborough area so this may also contribute to the spread on the Coast, particularly into the Buller district...

 

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Whooping cough confirmed at high school

Updated at 3:44 pm on 20 November 2011

A Hutt Valley High School pupil with a confirmed case of whooping cough remained at school while the disease was infectious.

Principal Ross Sinclair says the whooping cough was confirmed in a Year 12 girl on Thursday.

He says this is the first whooping cough case of the year at the school, though a Year 10 boy has suspected whooping cough.

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http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/regional/91580/whooping-cough-confirmed-at-high-school

 

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Whooping cough widespread

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SARAH YOUNG
Last updated 13:00 23/11/2011

A whooping cough outbreak is widespread in the Nelson region, with the number of cases in children and adults continuing to rise.

There have been 49 cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, notified in the region so far this month.

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/6019060/Whooping-cough-widespread

 

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Disease double whammy strikes

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NIKKI MACDONALD
Last updated 05:00 26/11/2011

Whooping cough is sweeping Wellington, with 124 cases this month, including a six-week-old baby who spent three weeks in hospital.

Case numbers of the potentially fatal respiratory disease have rocketed, from 15 in September and 36 in October, putting pressure on public health workers already trying to prevent a measles outbreak from taking hold.

Nationally, measles and whooping cough cases hit a five-year high in October.

"It's just difficult timing for a public health unit," medical officer of health Margot McLean said.

"Measles has being going all year in Auckland and is slowly making its way down the country. Pertussis [or whooping cough] has been going for several months in the South Island and is making its way up the country.

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/6038623/Disease-double-whammy-strikes

 

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Whooping cough strikes Karori school

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TOM HUNT
Last updated 08:36 29/11/2011

A Karori Normal School pupil is the latest victim of the whooping cough outbreak sweeping Wellington.

Parents at the school were notified yesterday that a case of the potentially fatal respiratory disease had been confirmed in a pupil.

Principal Conrad Kelly confirmed it was the second case in the school in the past fortnight.

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/6052982/Whooping-cough-strikes-Karori-school

 

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Whooping warning

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

AN ESCALATING level of reported cases of whooping cough has Tairawhiti public health officials worried.

?In the past month we have seen 15 cases of whooping cough notified to Public Health.

?At the same time last year we had no cases at all,? says Tairawhiti District Health medical officer of health, Dr Geoffrey Cramp.

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http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/article/?id=25736

 

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Source: http://topnews.net.nz/content/220650-nz-grapples-rising-whooping-cough-cases

NZ Grapples With Rising Whooping Cough Cases
Submitted by Dinesh Chandra Gaur on Wed, 12/21/2011 - 11:27

Whooping-CoughThere seems to be no respite from whooping cases as it has been said that cases have risen by almost double since November. If reports from the Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) are to be believed, there are 30 such cases in November and the number is going to rise in the time to come...

 

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Source: http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/new-cases-whooping-cough-grey-and-buller-districts/5/111404

New cases of whooping cough in Grey and Buller districts
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Friday, 23 December, 2011 - 10:36

The pertussis outbreak currently being experienced continues to infect more people, particularly children on the West Coast. There continue to be fresh cases of pertussis in the Grey and Buller districts. There have been no new cases in the Westland district in the past seven weeks.

Between 1 May 2011 and 20 December 2011 there have been 390 notifications of suspected pertussis received by Community & Public Health's West Coast Office. To date, 215 people have been confirmed as having the disease...