Concerns about our most vulnerable ... after a baby has contracted measles
Concerns about our most vulnerable ... after a baby has contracted measles
26 July 2019
The infant was confirmed with the disease - after returning from Auckland where there have been more than 300 cases this year.
But Canterbury Medical Officer of Health, doctor Alistair Humphrey, says migrant children may not have had the MMR vaccines New Zealand-born children have.
He says often migrants are harder to follow up, using English as a second language and moving around.
Humphrey says everyone needs to be up-to-date with measles vaccinations.
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