The Southern DHB is asking people to be alert for symptoms after an infected person travelled to Wanaka, Queenstown, Dunedin and Winton between the 8th and 13th of September.

There are 23 confirmed cases in Central Otago.

There have been 1327 cases in the country this year, and 1108 of them in Auckland.

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26 Nov: An Ashburton man's been charged with careless use of a firearm, causing the death of a 21-year-old hunter on Stewart Island in July

25 Nov: Bringing healthcare closer to home could be on the horizon for Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago

24 Nov: Southland Police investigating the assault of an Edendale man lured out of his home to help a woman, before being bashed unconscious, have released more details

21 Nov: Police investigating a double fatality crash on State Highway One north of Timaru yesterday, want the public's help

20 Nov: An inmate's died at Invercargill Prison - believed to be from natural causes

20 Nov: Wellington are scrambling on the third day of cricket's Plunket Shield opening round against Otago at the Basin Reserve

18 Nov: Three overnight fires in Dunedin are being treated as suspicious

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