A Queenstown resident with measles is being treated in isolation, the Southern District Health Board says. The patient who is infectious had visited several locations in Queenstown including a restaurant and a hair salon before they realised they were infected. The infected individual had already visited Queenstown Medical Centre while they were ill.Public Health South urges anyone who may have been in the following locations during the specified periods who are not sure if they are immune to measles to check their status with their general practitioner. Southern DHB Medical Officer of Health Dr Marion Poore said that it can take 10-14 days for a person infected with measles to develop symptoms. Public Health South are exploring ways to make vaccination more widely accessible to the Wakatipu community.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 13, 2016 04:41 UTC