Two new measles cases have been confirmed in Hawke's Bay today – a Hastings male in his 30s and a toddler in Wairoa. This takes the total number of measles cases in Hawke's Bay, this year, to five.
Hawke's Bay District Health Board medical officer of health, Dr Nicholas Jones, said both cases were unrelated and health officials were working swiftly with family and other known close contacts who may have been exposed.
Both cases caught measles from confirmed cases related to the Auckland outbreak.
Jones is urging people to check their immunisation status and be vigilant for symptoms of measles which is an airborne disease that spreads easily through the air via coughing and sneezing.
He said anyone not immunised, who visited the public places listed below in Hastings, may have been exposed.