A fourth measles case has been confirmed in Canterbury – a young woman who, like two of the other three confirmed cases, has connections with Rangiora.

Further investigations by Community and Public Health are currently underway, including contact tracing in relation to this new case and prophylactic treatment and/or isolation for anyone thought to have been exposed, but not fully immune.

To be considered fully protected, you would need to be born before 1969 or have had two courses of the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine. Due to the highly infectious nature of Measles, those born before 1969, before which there was no immunisation programme, will likely have had measles and acquired immunity that way.

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