23 July 2014
Measles update
Waikato District Health Board’s Population Health has been notified of 114 confirmed measles cases to date (23 July
2014). Over a third of the confirmed cases are household contacts of a confirmed case and were already placed in
quarantine before they were unwell.
Approximately 80 per cent of cases are aged between 10 and 20 years. Of the others, 15 per cent are aged under 10 years
and 5 per cent over 30 years, and are mostly close contacts of confirmed cases in quarantine as they were not
vaccinated.
Nine cases have been hospitalised but are now well.
Of the 114 cases, the vast majority are unimmunised; only four are fully immunised.
Approximately 100 cases with a clinical illness and rash like measles have been investigated and were found not to have
measles.
There are currently no schools or child care centres with quarantine management in place.
About Waikato District Health Board and Health Waikato:
Waikato DHB is responsible for planning, funding and providing quality health and disability support services for the 373,220
people living in the Waikato DHB region. It has an annual turnover of $1.2 billion and employs more than 6450 people.
Health Waikato is the DHB’s main provider of hospital and health services. It has six groups across five hospital sites, three primary
birthing units, two continuing care facilities and 20 community bases offering a comprehensive range of primary,
secondary and tertiary health services.
A wide range of independent providers deliver other Waikato DHB-funded health services - including primary health,
pharmacies and community laboratories.
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