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A paediatrician is worried that a new wave of measles cases means the disease is spreading undetected.
Health New Zealand (HNZ) confirmed five new cases on Wednesday - one person in Dunedin, one in Waikato and three people in Auckland.
It said it brought the number of reported infections since 8 October to 27, with 22 people no longer infectious, and expected there could be more.
The new cases were as yet unlinked to others, with HNZ's public health medicine specialist Dr Matt Reid saying they were currently being investigated to establish any links to previous
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