The Auckland Regional Public Health said this afternoon that of those cases, three people remained in hospitals around the city. Meanwhile, the ARPHS is also reassuring members of the wider Samoan and Pacific communities in Auckland that the typhoid break is localised. Related Content Video Watch: Auckland typhoid outbreak media conference Your Views: Readers' Letters John Drinnan: When does plain talk become hate speech? But the ARHPS has reiterated the message that casual contact - such as hugging and kissing - was not how typhoid spread. "Hugging and kissing each other or casual contact does not spread typhoid,'' a statement said.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 07, 2017 05:02 UTC