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Measles

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Winter illness preparedness

Winter illness preparedness reports, briefing documents or modelling for influenza, RSV, measles or whooping cough illness in relation to the upcoming 2022 winter season.

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COVID-19 tests and identifying measles

Regarding COVID vaccinations: How do testing protocols uniquely and individually identify the subject as having one or more of the following if they test positive? 

  • Measles virus

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Measles

  • Provide all documentation and evidence in support of MOH statement section 3.1.4 that GEN-A strain of measles is not transmissible.
  • Provide all documentation and evidence in support of 2019 measles epidemic that lab confirmed GEN-A was not transferred from another vaccine recipient partially or fully vaccinated.
  • Provide all documentation and evidence in support of B3 or D8 strains not resulting from transmission by GEN-A strain. Provide all documents and evidence in support that B3 and D8 strains are not endemic in New Zealand.
  • Provide all documents and evidence for identification of multiple strains B3 D8 GEN-A (any combination) that were laboratory confirmed in individuals.
  • Provide all documents and evidence that lab confirmed GEN-A strains were in vaccinated individuals only.
  • Provide all documents and evidence of unvaccinated individuals identified with GEN-A strain.

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Cost of Measles

Measles: cost to the DHB from the measles epidemic, number of measles related presentations, number of admissions, number ICU admissions and average bed days in ICU, total of bed days due to measles related illness.

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Measles WHO report

Why so few discarded cases in the WHO report when the vast majority of PCR test are negative.

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Measles vaccine

Correspondence sent and received by officials responsible for ordering vaccines about the need for more measles vaccines.

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Measles popup clinics

Information regarding Measles pop up clinics held since outbreak began.

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The immunisation status of DHB staff

The immunisation status of medical/DHB staff mentioned as having contracted measles. How many of these and wider cases of DHB staff were vaccinated? How many shots did they receive? How close after the vaccines did they contract the measles?

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Information about Measles outbreak email notifications to DHB CEO’s

Measles - Email notification to DHB CEO notifying them of measles outbreak 28/2/2019

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Staff and patients with vaccine preventable diseases

How many DHB health workers have contracted vaccine preventable illnesses such as measles, whooping cough or flue while employed by DHB in last decade? Had these workers been vaccinated? How many patients, if any, have contracted vaccine preventable illnesse3s from Health workers or other patients while in hospital in past decade?

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Vaccination rates among health workers

Any information the DHB holds about vaccination / immunisation rates for its health workers.

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Measles and Vitamin A

What are the WHO Vitamin A dosing guidelines for patients hospitalised with measles? Number of patients treated with Vitamin A for measles. How much Vitamin A stock does DHB hold?

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Denotified measles

Re 13 cases of denotified measles. What was the time interval between vaccination and specimen connection/collection? Number of other such cases in last five years?

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Measles presentations to WHO

Any documentation/presentations presented at the World Health Organisation 8th meeting Vaccine Preventable Diseases Laboratory Networks in Manila, March 2019.

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Measles notifications and test results

National Measles Laboratory measles notifications and test results.

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Measles Outbreak 2019

How many measles cases have been confirmed as caused by vaccine strains of the virus over the last five years and time interval between each case and their last MMR vaccination?

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Measles Outbreak 2019

For the 236 notified cases that were investigated: Date of notification, age, vaccination status, result of investigation? Admission status.

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Transmission of measles among siblings

Transmission of measles virus from one sibling to another sibling

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Measles outbreak 2019

About the Measles outbreak in Canterbury 2019.

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Measles

All correspondence this year regarding Measles Outbreak - CDHB staff with MoH, Pharmac, Canterbury Primary Response Group.

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