{"id":168846,"date":"2025-12-05T03:54:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T03:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/168846\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T03:54:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T03:54:08","slug":"new-measles-case-attended-auckland-concert-health-nz-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/168846\/","title":{"rendered":"New measles case attended Auckland concert, Health NZ says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Health New Zealand has today confirmed two new measles cases \u2013 with one attending a concert in Auckland last week.<\/p>\n<p>It brings the total number of cases nationwide to 30, of which 22 were no longer infectious.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s cases \u2013 one in Auckland and another in Queenstown \u2013 were linked to known exposures.<\/p>\n<p>Health NZ identified several new locations of interest, including\u00a0two\u00a0Bluebridge\u00a0Connemara\u00a0ferry\u00a0sailings\u00a0on\u00a0Sunday, November 30. The sailings were from Wellington to\u00a0Picton\u00a0between\u00a08.15am\u00a0and 11.45am,\u00a0and\u00a0a\u00a0return journey\u00a0from\u00a0Picton\u00a0to Wellington\u00a0between\u00a02.15pm\u00a0and\u00a06.30pm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another location of interest was identified as the R\u00fcf\u00fcs Du Sol concert at Auckland&#8217;s Western Springs Stadium from 6.30pm to 11pm on Saturday, November 29.<\/p>\n<p>New locations of interest in Wellington and shopping malls in Auckland have also been added to <a href=\"https:\/\/info.health.nz\/health-topics\/conditions-treatments\/infectious-diseases\/measles\/locations-of-interest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Health NZ&#8217;s list of locations of interest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are working with Bluebridge\u00a0to contact ferry passengers\u00a0and\u00a0with\u00a0T\u0101taki\u00a0Auckland Unlimited, the operator of Western Springs Stadium, and the event promoters to alert attendees,&#8221; Health NZ said.<\/p>\n<p>Te Whatu Ora continued to urge people \u2013 especially those travelling or going to busy places and large events \u2013 to &#8220;protect themselves and others as we head into the busy holiday season&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This means anyone who develops symptoms of measles, including runny nose, fever, cough, and sore red eyes, and a rash starting at the face, should stay home, and contact Healthline on 0800 611 116, or their usual healthcare provider. Please call ahead before visiting a healthcare provider, this allows them to take steps to prevent the illness spreading.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Measles\u202fcan have\u202fa long incubation period and is highly contagious, so\u202fanyone planning to travel, either internationally or within New Zealand, is strongly encouraged to check their immunisation status and get vaccinated if needed.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Health New Zealand has today confirmed two new measles cases \u2013 with one attending a concert in Auckland&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168847,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[51,1080,134,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-168846","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-auckland","9":"tag-dunedin-otago","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168846","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=168846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}