A baby admitted to Whangarei Hospital with probable meningococcal disease has been moved from the intensive care unit and was in a stable condition late yesterday.
The male infant, from Whangarei, was admitted on Tuesday in a serious condition.
"Meningococcal disease can cause serious illness or death very quickly," said Northland DHB medical officer of health, Dr Clair Mills. "In this case, the child was seriously ill on admission."
His was the eighth case of meningococcal disease this year in Northland, with the DHB saying there did not appear to be any links between the cases. Over half were in infants under two years and the others were in young adults.
The eight in 2015 compared with three cases of meningococcal in 2014 and four in 2013.