26 Oct 2011

Measles infections slowing in Auckland

6:34 pm on 26 October 2011

The rate of confirmed measles cases in the Auckland region has slowed.

Fourteen more were confirmed in the past week, compared to 20 the week before.

There have been 262 confirmed or probable cases of measles in the region since late May.

Of those, 53 people have been hospitalised.