Disease

Meningococcal Disease - Australia

Officials at South Australia Health (SA Health) reported three people have been diagnosed with meningococcal disease in the past week in South Australia. So far this year there have been 11 cases of meningococcal infection.

Measles - New Zealand

An outbreak of measles in Waikato may take two or three weeks to get under control, a health expert says. The Waikato District Health Board has ordered a college to close, and its 700 students and staff will have to prove they have been vaccinated for measles - or they won't be allowed back on school grounds.

Measles is very close to being eliminated in New Zealand but there may still be pockets of the community that are not vaccinated. The health board said it was dealing with 20 confirmed cases of the measles, and another possible 12.