Measles -- New Zealand
Health officials have issued a measles warning after a Christchurch [New Zealand] man contracted measles while holidaying in Bali [Indonesia].
Results from laboratory testing released today [18 May 2017] confirmed the 23-year-old man has measles.
Dr Ramon Pink, Canterbury Medical Officer of Health, says measles is highly infectious.
"The measles virus spreads easily from person to person through the air, via breathing, coughing, and sneezing. It starts with fever, runny nose, cough,
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2qTa1lz
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