Public Health Updates
These regular email newsletters from Community and Public Health provide information about notifiable diseases and other public health issues to health professionals in our coverage area (Canterbury, South Canterbury, West Coast and the Chatham Islands).
This publication replaces the Public Health Information Quarterly (PHIQ).
Issue 4 – October 2020
- Update on local response to COVID-19.
- Getting Through Together.
Issue 3 – February 2020
- Trusted information sources on Novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
- National measles notifications have reduced.
- Increase in national mumps notifications.
- 2019 Canterbury Wellbeing Survey results available in Canterbury Wellbeing Index.
Issue 2 – November 2019
- Measles cases continue.
- Legionnaire’s disease numbers climb in spring.
- Resources for parents from All Right?
- Immunity against pertussis/ whooping cough wanes over time.
Issue 1 – September 2019
- We’re updating our ways of sending information to you.
- Measles outbreaks are now centred on Auckland.
- Sporadic rheumatic fever cases continue in the South.
- Explore your community’s health and wellbeing with the Canterbury Wellbeing Index.
Latest public health updates
- Latest COVID-19 definition and testing guidance from the Ministry of Health
- Latest public health protocols
- Getting Through Together
Latest public health alerts
- COVID-19 in “managed isolation and quarantine facility” staff - 5th November 2020
- National Health Advisory: COVID-19 Case Definitions Update - 6th April 2020
- National Health Advisory: Prioritisation of the Annual Flu Vaccination - 23rd March 2020
Featured links
- Information on COVID-19 from the Ministry of Health
- Cantabrians urged to protect themselves against Legionnaires’ disease
- Information on measles (Ministry of Health)
Helpful links
Page last updated: 29/10/2020