6 Sep 2019

Auckland medical centre urges measles vaccine cost be waived

From Checkpoint, 6:23 pm on 6 September 2019

An Auckland medical centre wants the cost of ordering extra supplies of the measles vaccine to be waived.

There are now 881 cases of measles in Auckland, up four from Thursday. It's causing serious strain on GP clinics which are struggling to cope with pressures associated with the serious outbreak.

RNZ health correspondent, Karen Brown, reports.