Auckland Regional Public Health Service clinical director Dr Julia Peters said the woman was hospitalised with serious health issues and the typhoid infection was a complicating factor. The regional health service only revealed the extent of the outbreak to the public on Friday, three days after the Mt Roskill woman died. The health service also confirmed today 15 people have now been hospitalised with the illness. Peters said the regional health service delayed announcing the death to so funeral arrangements could be concluded. But he downplayed any concerns about the typhoid outbreak spreading any further, saying there was no wider risk to the public.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 03, 2017 21:55 UTC