New Zealand's biggest hotspots for whooping cough revealed
The lower North and South Islands are the biggest hotspots for whooping cough as an epidemic sweeps the country, official data shows. Health officials on Friday declared a whooping cough epidemic and put a nationally coordinated response in place.
What you need to know about the whooping cough epidemic
New Zealand has declared a whooping cough epidemic, the fourth since it became a notifiable disease in 1996.
Whooping Cough Outbreak Declared in New Zealand
New Zealand has declared early stages of a highly contagious whooping cough epidemic, with a nationally coordinated response now in place.
Calls to keep vaccinating against whooping cough - with case numbers now topping a thousand
Health New Zealand's reported 77 cases across the country last week - including four hospitalisations, That brings the total number of cases this year to 1009, of these, 63 were children under one year old.
Samoa declares whooping cough outbreak
The confirmation of one or more cases of whooping cough may warrant the declaration of an outbreak due to its infectious nature and potential public health impact, according to the Samoa Health Ordinance 1959 and the Samoa National Communicable Disease Surveillance and Control Guidelines 2020.
Whooping Cough epidemic declared across NZ
Health agencies have confirmed today that New Zealand is now in the early stages of a Whooping Cough epidemic, with a nationally coordinated response now in place.
New Zealand Declares Early Stages Of Whooping Cough Epidemic
New Zealand has declared early stages of a highly contagious whooping cough epidemic, with a nationally coordinated respons
New Zealand declares whooping cough epidemic
A whooping cough epidemic has been declared by health officials, with babies at highest risk of the potentially-deadly infection. Health New Zealand said a nationally coordinated response was now in place following a meeting of health officials on Thursday.
Whooping cough epidemic declared in New Zealand, pregnant women urged to get immunised
A whooping cough epidemic has been declared across the country, with health authorities urging pregnant mothers to get ...
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Community providers rally to protect hapū māma and pēpi as national whooping cough case numbers surpass 1,000 for 2024
Hapū māmā are being urged to get immunised, and parents and caregivers are encouraged to get their babies immunised on time, as whooping cough case numbers continue to climb across Aotearoa New ...
Pasifika public health expert urges communities to get immunisation against whooping cough
A Pacific public health expert is encouraging Pasifika communities in New Zealand to make sure they are immunised against ...