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Christchurch New Zealand measles outbreak
Wednesday, 15 July, 2009
As at 14 Jul 2009 there [were] 26 reported cases in the Christchurch outbreak, with 16 confirmed serologically and confirmation awaited for a further 8 (2 cases have refused blood tests).
14 of the cases are related to one high school for boys (this includes 2 pairs of siblings) and 3 of these were in the same class. The remainder of the cases are spread over the city with no obvious geographical connections.
A few have social connections to the boys high school pupils. It is currently the 2nd week of school winter vacation here in New Zealand and many families will have travelled out of town, so other public health units elsewhere in New Zealand have been advised of the outbreak and an alert notice was placed on PacNet as the Pacific Islands (particularly Fiji) are popular destinations for New Zealand holidaymakers in the winter.
Source:www.promedmail.org
