{"id":116650,"date":"2025-11-04T02:13:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T02:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/116650\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T02:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T02:13:07","slug":"government-launches-measles-immunisation-week-as-cases-climb-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/116650\/","title":{"rendered":"Government launches measles immunisation week as cases climb nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">The MMR vaccine (measles, mumps, rubella) is free for anyone under 18 and those eligible for free healthcare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">Tair\u0101whiti medical officer of health Dr Oz Mansoor told Radio New Zealand that because of vaccination levels more than 500,000 New Zealanders were susceptible to measles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">All New Zealanders should be encouraged to check their immunisation records, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">People should call their GP or the free Vaccination Helpline on (0800) 282926.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">Health Minister Simeon Brown, in launching Measles Immunisation Week, said unimmunised people exposed to measles had a 90% chance of catching measles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re encouraging people to use Measles Immunisation Week to get their measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cCases of measles continue to rise and there\u2019s never been a better time to act. Measles is one of the most infectious viruses in the world \u2013 a single case can infect 12 to 18 unvaccinated people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cExtra clinics are running throughout the week. If your child is 12 months or older and hasn\u2019t yet had the MMR vaccine, don\u2019t delay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAnd if you were born between 1969 and 2004, check if you\u2019re fully immunised. We need 95% of the population immune to prevent outbreaks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">Everyone in New Zealand aged 12 months or over can receive free MMR immunisations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">The nationwide Measles Immunisation Week campaign is designed to:<\/p>\n<p>Raise public awareness about the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccineEncourage timely immunisation for people of all agesSupport the efforts of the health sector to stop the spread of measles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\"> To find out more:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The MMR vaccine (measles, mumps, rubella) is free for anyone under 18 and those eligible for free healthcare.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[806,1738,2512,5343,803,266,134,66160,1743,1739,20311,23158,111,139,69,8213,686],"class_list":["post-116650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-as","tag-campaign","tag-cases","tag-climb","tag-continue","tag-government","tag-health","tag-immunisation","tag-launched","tag-launches","tag-measles","tag-nationwide","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-recorded","tag-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}