Four New Zealand schools have had to close their doors due to measles.
Recently schools in Levin have closed their doors because of measles, and earlier Waiopehu College was also closed.
Twenty-two cases of measles have been confirmed in recent weeks. Closing schools is the last resort but is an important step to stop the spread of the disease. In most cases the school opens the following day and students must prove that they have been vaccinated.
Measles is a highly infectious virus that spreads easily from person to person through the air, via breathing, coughing and sneezing. It affects both children and adults.
People with measles are infectious 5 days before and until 5 days after the rash appears.
49 Responses
OMG!!! I hope it doesn’t come to Bailey road school XD
I’m lucky that I don’t have that
It is very scary knowing that it could necessarily come to our school and have a very big impact on the school cause it might get be closed because the amount of people that are sick with measles and that is very valuable learning time and less education time.
very sad i would not like measles so i hope they do not come here
hope it doesn’t haooen to our school
oh no
Hiya not being picky but I’m quite sure you were meant to say “Four schools”
Oh no!!!
so sad
i’ve heard of measles before… i had hives a few days ago, i can only imagine how bad the measles are :O
That is not very good.
That is good that you are warning everyone
Good but sad for the people who has it
oh man!
Wat r measles?
I think that the kids with measles should be treated straight away so staying home until they are gone going to hospital.Because if they do not get treated they will become much worse and I hope that the schools that have shut done should not have to but then again they are trying to keep the other kids measle free because if they spread its not good.
By Meleane
i would not like to have that virus
That is just so weird
Oh no I hope they are able to catch it and control it before it gets to bad
Measles need to vaccinated because they will make other people catch the measles illness.
thats nasty
My school is famous. lol.
Measles aye.
OMG that is so bad!!! ??????
hope the kids that have measles get wel soon though
i hope they are ok
i hope the people who have them art going to die
hi
literally my school is famous. lol.
I AM SO SORRY FOR FHOS KIDS
i live in levin the mesales info has spread eg kiwi kids news and horowhenua cronicle (newspaper) lol were like famous i thought i had it at 1 stage but i have been immunised
This is not a good disease.
i want my school to be closed
why is it so bad?
sup Kush
how many people have that measles?
Oh! Oh!
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That is so BAD!!!!!
other schools got infected to why didn’t they mention my school ?.
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That’s so sad por kids I just hope they don’t come to my school
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I feel bad for the kids that have measles
I feel so,so sad for the kids that have measles and what r measles
it’s so so sad for the kids, i whiss i can help them.
oh no what if it came to my school that would be so bad so sad for the kids that got it
I think that shingles came to Taranaki I am lucky I got something to stop it I think??
I wish that shingles never started but I do wish it could stop??
I hope it doesn’t spread to my school!