Vaccination Advice for the Auckland region (Auckland, Counties Manukau and Waitemata)

 
Infants aged 6–11 months

• Can have their first MMR vaccination (MMR0):
  • If they are travelling overseas to a country with a measles outbreak, as advised by the Ministry of Health/Immunisation Schedule, or
  • If parents have concerns about their infant’s potential exposure to measles, on the advice of their GP.
• The 15 month and 4 year MMR vaccinations remain due to be administered at the relevant ages as per the Immunisation Schedule.

 
Children aged 12–15 months

• Pre-call children from 12 months of age to receive all four 15 month vaccinations (MMR, varicella, Hib and PCV10).
• Children who received MMR0 when aged under 12 months, must have a minimum interval of 4 weeks between MMR0 and the MMR vaccination due from 12 months of age.

 

Children aged 16 months to under 5 years

• Recall children from 16 months to under 5 years of age who do not have one documented dose of MMR vaccine.
• Administer the second MMR vaccination at 4 years of age as per the Immunisation Schedule.

 

Children from 5 years of age, adolescents and adults aged under 50 years who do not have two documented doses of MMR vaccine

• Opportunistically offer catch-up MMR vaccination to anyone aged 5 years to under 50 years who does not have at least one documented dose of MMR vaccine administered when 12 months of age or older.
• A second documented dose of MMR vaccine administered a minimum of 4 weeks after the first MMR dose will be required for the person’s MMR vaccinations to be up-to-date as per the Immunisation Schedule.

 

Primary care resource

• Please download the  Measles whānau pack for GPs and EDs from the Auckland Regional Public Health Service measles webpage and print copies of the fact sheet to use if your practice sees a person suspected of having measles or a person with confirmed measles.

 

For more information… https://www.immune.org.nz/hot-topic/measles-overseas-and-new-zealand