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2019–2020 New Zealand measles outbreak

The 2019–2020 New Zealand measles outbreak was an epidemic that primarily affected the Auckland region. It was the largest measles outbreak in the country since the introduction of the second dose of MMR vaccine to the New Zealand National Immunisation Schedule in 1992. An outbreak in 1991 caused an estimated tens of thousands of cases, followed by another outbreak in 1997 with 2,169 reported cases. The D8 strain was confirmed to be the main strain of the epidemic, although the B3 strain was also detected, and the epidemic has spread to several other countries. In Samoa more than 72 people have died. Cases in Tonga and Fiji have also been recorded, and an outbreak in Perth began in October 2019 after a New Zealander visited while infectious. In New Zealand, two unborn fetuses in second trimester died as a result of the outbreak.

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• ▸1993 Four Corners hantavirus outbreak
• ▸Hasakah
• ▸Basilosaurus

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