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Measles outbreak

New Zealand now has 13 confirmed cases of measles with thousands of close contacts. Roughly “one in 10 people who contracts measles needs hospital treatment”, and out of every thousand people with measles, one or two die. So, what are the symptoms? And what’s the best thing you can do to avoid getting this highly contagious disease?

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