Photo: Ministry of HealthAucklanders are being told to be alert to possible measles symptoms with two cases identified in the region this month. Auckland Regional Public Health Service medical officer of health Dr William Rainger said today the organisation had been notified of a young adult and an infant who had measles and could have spread them to others they came into contact with. People born after 1969 and before 1992 will have received only one MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine and are entitled to the second MMR dose free of charge. Many young people in the region were not fully immunised, and people born after 1969 and before 1992 would have received only one MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine. • For more information or advice on measles, please call Healthline on 0800 611 116 or see the Auckland Regional Public Health Service website.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 13, 2019 02:37 UTC