Public Health Alerts
These alerts are urgent public health information sent by fax and email to health professionals in our coverage area (Canterbury, South Canterbury, West Coast and the Chatham Islands).
2022
- Monkeypox is now a notifiable disease – 8th June 2022 [179KB].
- National Health Advisory: Monkeypox clinical update – 25th May 2022. [139KB].
2020
- COVID-19 in “managed isolation and quarantine” staff – 5th November 2020.
- National Health Advisory: COVID-19 Case Definitions Update – 6th April 2020 [221KB].
- National Health Advisory: Prioritisation of the Annual Influenza Vaccination – 23rd March 2020 [119KB].
- National Health Advisory: COVID-19 – 16th March 2020 [221KB].
- National Health Advisory: Notification of updated case definition for COVID-19 – 28th February 2020 [171KB].
- Update from Ministry of Health: 2019 Novel Coronavirus added to Notifiable Diseases – 29th January 2020 [29KB].
- Ministry of Health Advisory: Novel Coronavirus 2019 – 27th January 2020 [99KB].
- Measles Alert – 9th January 2020 [208KB].
- Cluster of pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan, China – 8th January 2020 [209KB].
2019
- Measles Vaccination Update – 23rd December 2019 [136KB].
- Update for health sector of MMR vaccination eligibility – 4th December 2019 [184KB].
- Measles Vaccination Update – 21st November 2019 [309KB].
- Measles outbreaks overseas – 28th February 2019 [96KB].
- Measles Alert – 26th February 2019 [88KB].
- Measles Alert – 22nd February 2019 [89KB].
2018
- Screening recommendations for patients exposed to carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae at Middlemore Hospital – 20th December 2018 [282KB].
- Update on antibiotic treatment of suspected meningococcal infections – 30th November 2018 [302KB].
- Meningococcal disease increase due to Serogroup W – 12th November 2018 [252KB].
- Another measles Alert – 11th April 2018 [43KB].
- Increase in heterosexual syphilis – 1st March 2018 [88KB].
- Measles alert: Update 1 – 13th February 2018 [74KB].
- Measles alert – 9th February 2018 [43KB].
Latest public health updates
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Latest public health alerts
- Monkeypox is now a notifiable disease - 8th June 2022
- National Health Advisory: Monkeypox clinical update - 25th May 2022
- COVID-19 in “managed isolation and quarantine facility” staff - 5th November 2020
Featured links
- mpox no longer a public health emergency of international concern (World Health Organisation)
- WHO Chief declares end to COVID-19 as a global health emergency
- COVID-19 winter surge package 2022: Rapid review (Ministry of Health)
Helpful links
Page last updated: 17/07/2023