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There have been nearly four years of continuous Omicron circulation, each coming with a distinct summer wave.
Health NZ confirms one new case, while one previously reported case has been removed from the total after being diagnosed overseas.
The latest case was infectious while catching Wellington school buses, and travelling through Wellington and Auckland airports.
The case was not linked to any previous infections, raising concerns about undetected measles circulating in the community.
NZ Herald
Health Minister Simeon Brown said the health system has enough resource to step-up contract tracing efforts if that is what the current measles outbreak...
RNZ
Health experts warn the number of measles cases could pass 1000 within months unless immunisation rates improve.
NZ Herald
The Health Minister is receiving advice on allowing babies to receive the measles vaccine as New Zealand’s outbreak of the disease spreads. Two new measles...
RNZ
So far, 13 cases and 2142 close contacts have been identified in the current outbreak.
The cases were confirmed over the long weekend.
RNZ
Latest stats show 72 percent of Māori under-fives are vaccinated, compared to 82 percent for the whole population.
The Conversation
Only about 82% of two-year-olds are fully immunised against measles, with two doses of the vaccine. This leaves at least one in five unprotected.
RNZ
An infectious diseases expert says each case can infect between 15 and 18 other people, making it far more contagious than Covid or the flu.
Three new cases of measles have been reported in the Manawatū and Nelson today, including two children.
A group of young Kiwis prove what international studies show: that long Covid has a particularly debilitating effect on young people. But how much medical support is there for them?
NZ Herald
Only 60% of students attended school regularly, a new report has found, but it is an improvement on past years. The Education Review Office (ERO) said the...
Flu vaccinations are almost three times more popular than those for Covid, despite the exact same group being most at risk.
Health NZ was still identifying close contacts and possible exposure locations.
Stuff
Parents count down to school holidays as fevers, coughs and sleepless nights take a toll on Kiwi families, lingering well beyond winter.
Read this if you're worried about getting sicker than normal with COVID-19 right now.
Pacific Correspondent Barbara Dreaver investigates the drug-fuelled increase in cases of HIV in Fiji, and what the country is doing to tackle the problem.
Salon.com
A vaccine expert examines the health secretary's false claims.
NBC News
Polling showing that a majority of President Donald Trump’s voters support vaccines was shared with several Republicans lawmakers’ staffers in a closed-door meeting Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the meeting
www.abc.net.au
Democrats and Republicans have grilled US Secretary of Health Robert F Kennedy Jr on his recent vaccine policies.
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