As measles appear in Northland - there are calls to look out for symptoms
As measles appear in Northland - there are calls to look out for symptoms
8 May 2019
Northland DHB wants to stop measles spreading through schoolchildren, as the regions first two cases have emerged.
The DHB's urging schools to ask parents to keep unvaccinated kids at home for at least the next two weeks.
Immunisation Coordinator, Kelly Priest, says the disease is highly infectious.
She says if children are showing signs of things like a runny-nose, watery eye or a fever - they shouldn't come to school.
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