2019 - the year of measles
Nine To Noon
English - December 17, 2019 20:50 - 9 minutes - 8.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This year New Zealanders were reminded of just how dangerous measles could be, as cases spiked around the country - and particularly in Auckland. The epidemic turned deadly in Samoa, where 73 people - mainly young children - have died. Kathryn talks to Dr Nikki Turner from the Immunisation Advisory Centre on the disease's devastation, and what it might mean for the country's measles elimination status.