A four-month-old baby is the latest victim of Canterbury's measles outbreak, with 15 cases now confirmed. READ MORE:* Measles: Latest need to know* Canterbury measles count reaches 14, as frustrated parents told vaccine running low* Ten confirmed measles cases in Canterbury prompts early vaccine call* Measles outbreak in Canterbury: What you need to knowDemand for vaccines has outstripped supply as people rush to get immunised. Pink said the region had gone through a month's supply of the MMR vaccine in just two days this week. The best protection was for people to have had two MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccinations. * People are considered immune if they have received two doses of MMR vaccine, have had a measles illness previously, or were born before 1969.

Source: Stuff March 08, 2019 01:11 UTC