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  •   Home > News > Health & Safety

    Health experts warn vaccine rates need to increase if New Zealand wants to avoid a measles outbreak

    Health experts warn vaccine rates need to increase if New Zealand wants to avoid a measles outbreak


    There have been three confirmed cases of measles in Wairarapa, linked to recent overseas travel - they are all connected.

    Health New Zealand says the country is at very high risk of a measles outbreak - and needs a 95 percent vaccine rate to prevent spreading.

    Greater Wellington Medical Officer Annette Nesdale says it's especially bad for babies and anyone with a compromised immune system

    She says in May children aged one to five, had a vaccine rate of 84 percent and across the whole country it's 81 percent.

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