Friday, December 11, 2015

Biological Hazard - New Zealand, [Wellington, Motueka, Kaikoura and Christchurch] South Island : Measles




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Biological Hazard in New Zealand on December 11 2015 01:43 PM (UTC).
 

Base data

EDIS NumberBH-20151211-51213-NZL
Event typeBiological Hazard
Date/TimeDecember 11 2015 01:43 PM (UTC)
Last updateDecember 11 2015 01:46 PM (UTC)
Cause of event 
Damage levelIs not or not known Damage level

Geographic information

ContinentAustralia - New-Zealand
CountryNew Zealand
County / StateSouth Island
AreaWellington, Motueka, Kaikoura and Christchurch
Settlement 
Coordinate41° 7.443,173° 0.059

Number of affected people / Humanities loss

Dead person(s)0
Injured person(s)0
Missing person(s)0
Evacuated person(s)0
Affected person(s)0
Foreign people0

Biohazard information

Biohazard level
Disease, agent nameMeasles
Infected person(s)0
SpeciesHuman
Statussuspected
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A measles warning has been issued in several areas after an infected tourist traveled the country. A 28-year-old European man carrying the virus traveled from Wellington, to Motueka, Kaikoura and Christchurch from December 3 to 11. The Canterbury District Health Board now is asking anyone who may have come in contact with him and is now presenting symptoms to call their doctor. He is believed to have contracted the highly-infectious virus while in Australia and is in private accommodation in Christchurch until the end of his infectious period. Canterbury medical officer Alistair Humphrey said it was a particularly risky time for the tourism industry. "Over the next few years there is a heightened risk of measles as a result of the decision by parents in the 1990s not to get their children immunized," he said. Where He Stayed: December 3-5: Comfort Hotel, Cuba Street, Wellington,5 December 5: BlueBridge Ferry,December 5-7: Motueka Holiday Top 10,December 8-10: Lazy Shag Backpackers, Kaikoura,December 11: Travels to residence outside Christchurch
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news

Sick tourist prompts measles warning


NZ Newswire
Measles is untreatable but easily preventagle through vaccinations© Getty Images Measles is untreatable but easily preventable through vaccinations A measles warning has been issued in several areas after an infected tourist traveled the country.

A 28-year-old European man carrying the virus traveled from Wellington, to Motueka, Kaikoura and Christchurch from December 3 to 11.The Canterbury District Health Board now is asking anyone who may have come in contact with him and is now presenting symptoms to call their doctor.
He is believed to have contracted the highly-infectious virus while in Australia and is in private accommodation in Christchurch until the end of his infectious period.

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