The Ministry of Health sent notices to schools and district health boards warning of the possibility for measles to continue spreading at next week's Secondary Schools National Kapa Haka Competition in Hastings. Public health officials are warning students and their families to be wary of measles at an upcoming kapa haka competition after a person infected with the virus spread it at a similar event in April. The warning follows the spread of the virus by an infectious person who attended the regional Tainui Waka Kapa Haka festival in Hamilton on April 16. "Where the spread seems to be happening is in the teens through to the early 20s which is probably the age group that will be there (at the kapa haka event)," Wall said. Wall said it was a Waikato resident who first contracted measles in the latest outbreak and it spread from there.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 21, 2016 03:11 UTC