The family and church affected by a typhoid outbreak that infected at least 18 people and saw one woman die have met personally with the health service to ensure their concerns were heard. On Friday the Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) admitted it had regrets about how it had handled communications on the matter, although it was happy with how it dealt with the outbreak from a health perspective. It has since met with the woman's family and church, the Mt Albert Samoan Assembly of God, to listen to their concerns. Family spokesman Jerome Mika had previously said the health service dropped the ball but now he was very positive about the past few days' developments. The health service said this afternoon the number of cases stood at 18 for the third day in a row and the outbreak "may have plateaued".

Source: New Zealand Herald April 09, 2017 09:00 UTC