The Auckland Regional Public Health Service can confirm as at 8:30am on Tuesday, 7 February 2012:
- 467 confirmed or probable cases of measles
- 78 of those cases have required hospitalisation
These figures are since 30 May, 2011 when this outbreak began and are for the Auckland region.
Latest statistical information about this measles outbreak (PDF, 95.2KB)
Information for medical centres, schools, tertiary institutes, early childhood education centres and workplaces please refer to the Measles information for contacts (PDF, 58KB) fact sheet.
Additional Information for Schools & ECE Services
In addition to the Fact sheet
Measles information for contacts, letters to all ECE services and schools from the Director of Public Health, Dr Mark Jacobs can be found on the Ministry of Education website.
You can also use the template letter:
Measles template letter for schools (PDF, 162KB)
Measles template letter for schools (Microsoft Word, 267KB)
Measles Notifications in the Auckland region
25 May 2011 - 3 February 2012
The below animation depicts measles notifications to the Auckland Regional Public Health Service by rash onset date. The notifications start on 25 May 2011 (represented by whitish dots) and progressively get darker by month by month until December 2011 (represented by deep purple dots). The notifications are represented by a white circle with black dot in it for January 2012.
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EAST TAMAKI HEALTH CARE CLINICS
After hours and weekend opening list (PDF, 21KB)
For more information on measles please go to Ministry of Health website.
Information issued by Primary Care about the latest Health Professional Advice can be found through www.healthpoint.co.nz or though the attached link Primary Care Measles Notice (PDF, 194KB) and the latest updates (PDF, 443KB). Updated 15/12/2011.
Click here to read the latest media updates on measles.