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Number of whooping cough cases doubles in Gisborne
4:29 PM Monday Jan 9, 2012
Whooping cough cases in Gisborne have doubled over the past month.
"The total number of cases over the past couple of months has risen to 30," Tairawhiti District Health medical officer of health Geoffrey Cramp said...
Fewer whooping cough cases
Last updated 07:27 23/01/2012
Whooping cough cases have started to fall in Marlborough and Nelson, after peaking at 230 in December.
Nelson Marlborough District Health Board medical officer of health Jill Sherwood said 54 cases were notified to the Public Health Service in the first two weeks of January, including 10 in Marlborough. This was still well above usual rates of the disease but half the cases were yet to be confirmed.
The December figures included 28 Marlborough infections, Dr Sherwood said. The drop in whooping cough cases was good news, she said. However, unless infected people still in the community were treated, numbers could climb when children returned to school.
In 2011, 449 whooping cough cases were notified compared with 27 in 2010, Dr Sherwood said. Fifty-six of these infections were in Marlborough compared with one the previous year. All but 21 of the district's infections were notified between August 1 and December 31...
300 whooping cough cases reported in Wellington
Last updated 08:26 02/02/2012
A whooping cough epidemic in the Wellington region looks set to continue, with seven cases notified yesterday...
...There were 148 confirmed cases in the Wellington region in November, 85 in December, and 70 in January. January's fall is probably because of fewer notifications over the holiday period...
Whooping cough strikes baby
Last updated 05:00 14/02/2012
A baby is in hospital as a whooping cough outbreak continues to spread across the Wellington region.
The girl, understood to be about eight weeks old, was admitted to hospital yesterday ? the fourth person admitted to hospital in the region already this year. Wellington and several other regions are in the grip of the largest outbreak of the disease since 2004...
Whooping cough numbers rise again
Tue, 14 Feb 2012 3:05p.m.
The number of cases of whooping cough has soared past 500 so far this year, far exceeding the 74 cases notified at the same time last year.
The 507 notifications included 198 confirmed cases, 224 probably cases, five suspected and 80 still under investigation, according to ESR data out this week.
Twenty-two were hospitalised but no deaths have as yet been reported.
The highest number of notifications was seen in Canterbury, Nelson and Marlborough in the last two weeks, ESR said.
The numbers coming down with whooping cough was noticed surging towards the end of last year...
Alert out on whooping cough (Wairarapa)
By Tessa Johnstone | Thursday, February 16, 2012 9:07
Wairarapa has been spared the worst of the region-wide whooping cough outbreak but should see it as an opportunity to make sure children are immunised, says a regional public health officer.
Whooping cough numbers have been high in the Wellington region since November, and although they have decreased since, cases reported are still much higher than at the same time last year.
There were 108 whooping cough cases in the region in the first six weeks of this year, compared to 13 in the same time last year. Wairarapa reported three cases since January 1 - a child under 10 and two adults...
Illness outbreak remains serious
BY KAROLINE TUCKEY
Last updated 10:44 28/02/2012
The Hutt Valley is experiencing an outbreak of whooping cough, with more than 50 people diagnosed since the start of the year.
Regional Public Health medical officer Dr Annette Nesdale says anyone of any age can contract the bacterial infection, though it can be particularly dangerous for babies.
Since January 1, 53 cases have been reported across all Hutt Valley suburbs, from infants to 80-year-olds...
Whooping cough rates steady in top of North Island
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Thursday, 1 March, 2012 - 15:14
The rates of whooping cough notifications have remained steady in Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough over the last two weeks.
During January there were 95 cases notified to the Public Health Service in Nelson/Tasman and 12 in Marlborough. In February there were 85 cases in Nelson Tasman and 14 in Marlborough.
Medical Officer of Health Jill Sherwood said, "Whooping Cough is still in the community and with schools returning we may see increased spread of the disease...
Wellington whooping cough epidemic escalates
MATT STEWART
Last updated 13:13 05/04/2012
An outbreak of whooping cough is escalating in the Wellington region and spreading north up the Kapiti coast.
The number of cases of the highly contagious disease is eight times higher than last year and public health officials say the epidemic is likely to continue for months.
There have been 527 suspected or confirmed cases in the Wellington and Hutt areas since the start of October, a further 13 have been recorded in Wairarapa over the past two months.
The epidemic began on the West Coast last year before spreading to Nelson and then to Wellington.
Regional Public Health medical health officer Dr Annette Nesdale said the disease appeared to be heading north with cases on the Kapiti coast and Wairarapa being notified.
She said no one was currently hospitalised with the disease, which starts with a runny nose followed by a cough...
Disease strikes vaccinated children
GEORGINA STYLIANOU
Last updated 05:00 16/04/2012
Canterbury children who have been vaccinated against whooping cough are still catching the disease, a childcare manager says.
Latest figures show the pertussis, or whooping cough, outbreak in Canterbury is still in full swing, with the region having the highest number of cases in the country in the past two weeks.
There have been 1258 pertussis notifications reported throughout the country this year, compared with 198 for the same time last year. The lower North Island and the South Island are taking the brunt of the outbreak.
Canterbury District Health Board medical officer of surveillance Peter Mitchell said Canterbury was "experiencing a pertussis epidemic".
There had been 515 confirmed or probable cases since last August, he said.
"There have been 27 babies under the age of one with pertussis, and of these, 15 have been hospitalised."
Two babies were sent to Starship children's hospital in Auckland for treatment, and 12 people over the age of one have been admitted to hospital...
Bay on brink of whooping outbreak
Posted at 11:02am Friday 27th Apr, 2012
The Bay of Plenty District Health Board is advising parents to immunise their children against whooping cough as the number of cases in the region continues to rise.
Following an outbreak in the South Island last year, BOP DHB Medical Officer of Health Dr Neil de Wet is warning parents as the number of incidents in the Bay of Plenty has been steadily increasing since the start of the year.
There have been 32 reported cases of whooping cough in the BOP since January...
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