2009 swine flu pandemic in New Zealand

none August 2024 October 2017 2009 flu pandemic in New Zealand H1N1 New Zealand map by confirmed cases.svg #CC0000 500+ Confirmed cases#CC3300 50+ Confirmed cases#FF6666 5–49 Confirmed cases#FF9999 1–4 Confirmed cases H1N1 New Zealand Map.svg #000000 Deaths#FF0000 Confirmed cases#FFA900 Unconfirmed or suspected cases H1N1 Influenza 09 (Human swine influenza) H1N1 25 April 2009 Thought to be Central Mexico 69 3,175 n/a 2009 flu pandemic The 2009 swine flu pandemic in New Zealand was caused by a novel strain of the A/H1N1 influenza virus. A total of 3,175 cases and 69 deaths were recorded,http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/influenza-a-h1n1-update-156-211009?Open Pandemic Influenza (H1N1) 09 Swine Flu – Update 156 21 October 2009 New Zealand Ministry of Health 29 October 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20100523124648/http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/influenza-a-h1n1-update-156-211009?Open 23 May 2010 liveGosset Katy Journalist 2020-03-17 Swine Flu 2009/2010 https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/eyewitness/audio/2018738853/swine-flu-2009-2010 2023-06-13 RNZ en-nz although a seroprevalence study estimated that around 800,000 individuals may have been infected during the initial wave of the pandemic.Bandaranayake Don Huang Sue Bissolo Ange Wood Tim May 2010 Seroprevalence of the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic in New Zealand https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/publications/seroprevalence-flu-2009.pdf ESR Outbreak history On 25 April 2009 ten students from Rangitoto College, a secondary school in North Shore City, Auckland, exhibited influenza symptoms on returning from a three-week language trip to Mexico. All 22 students and three accompanying teachers from the trip and those in close contact with them were placed in voluntary home isolation and treated with oseltamivir. The ten students tested positive for an influenza A virus,http://www.3news.co.nz/News/Students-likely-to-have-swine-flu/tabid/209/articleID/101271/cat/87/Default.aspx Students likely to have swine flu TV3 (3 News) 6 April 2009 26 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20111103070008/http://www.3news.co.nz/News/Students-likely-to-have-swine-flu/tabid/209/articleID/101271/cat/87/Default.aspx 3 November 2011 dead dmy-allhttp://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10568751 NZ students in swine flu scare The New Zealand Herald 26 April 2009 26 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20120329115451/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10568751 29 March 2012 live with three of them later testing positive for swine flu.http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/results-of-h1n1-swine-flu-testing-280409 Results of H1N1 (swine flu) testing New Zealand Ministry of Health 28 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090429231435/http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/results-of-h1n1-swine-flu-testing-280409 29 April 2009 live The symptoms were reportedly mild and all affected individuals have since recovered.http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10569271&pnum=0 Swine flu: Airline passengers held in transit over flu concerns 28 April 2009 The New Zealand Herald 26 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20121020180852/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10569271&pnum=0 20 October 2012 live On 30 May 2009, New Zealand had 9 laboratory confirmed cases and 10 probable cases, while there were a further 30 suspected cases and 23 people in isolation being treated with Tamiflu.McGrath Fran http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/influenza-a-h1n1-update-fiftyfour-300509 Influenza A (H1N1) swine flu – update fifty four New Zealand Ministry of Health 30 May 2009 31 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090616144656/http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/influenza-a-h1n1-update-fiftyfour-300509 16 June 2009 live Confirmed cases have tested positive for the Mexican swine flu strain of influenza type A. Probable cases had tested positive for influenza type A after possible recent exposure to the Mexican strain. Suspected cases have flu symptoms after possible recent exposure to the Mexican strain. On 6 June a one-year-old boy from Manukau City was diagnosed with swine flu and several other people who had been exposed to him had gone into isolation.http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID%3D158293 Swine flu in Manukau City - Newstalk ZB 27 June 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090619193322/http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=158293 19 June 2009 On 8 June, the Ministry of Health confirmed three further cases of novel Influenza A(H1N1); bringing the national total to 17. This included the son of a Canterbury man who had recently flown into New Zealand from Los Angeles, as well as a passenger from that same flight and a further international flight from Melbourne. As with previous cases, they were isolated and are being treated with Tamiflu.Influenza A (H1N1) swine flu – update sixty four http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/influenza-a-h1n1-update-sixtyfour-080609 Ministry of Health New Zealand 27 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20100523120014/http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/influenza-a-h1n1-update-sixtyfour-080609 23 May 2010 live The following day (9 June), the Ministry of Health reported two further cases. Both of these new cases travelled to New Zealand from Los Angeles on 31 May, and are currently in isolation with their close contacts. Concern was also raised after 19 people (16 students, two teachers and one parent) from Gisborne Boys' High School returned to New Zealand on 9 June, and five students began experiencing flu-like symptoms. ItA(H1N1)Influenza A (H1N1) swine flu – update sixty five http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/influenza-a-h1n1-update-sixtyfive-090609 Ministry of Health New Zealand 27 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090618093723/http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/influenza-a-h1n1-update-sixtyfive-090609 18 June 2009 live It was confirmed on 11 June that swabs taken from the students returned negative for novel Influenza.Influenza A (H1N1) swine flu – update sixty nine http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/influenza-a-h1n1-update-sixtynine-110609 Ministry of Health New Zealand 27 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090614203719/http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/influenza-a-h1n1-update-sixtynine-110609 14 June 2009 live On 17 June, there was a cumulative total of 127 confirmed cases of novel H1N1 influenza in the country.Influenza A (H1N1) swine flu – update seventy eight http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/influenza-a-h1n1-update-seventyeight-170609 Ministry of Health New Zealand 27 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090620054716/http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/influenza-a-h1n1-update-seventyeight-170609 20 June 2009 live Some of these represent person to person transfers without a link to a person who had travelled recently meaning New Zealand has experienced a community level outbreak.August 2022 On 29 June 2009, there were 523 confirmed cases. There was 1 critical case in Hawkes Bay. The patient was said to have pre-existing medical conditions, but the doctors have put her condition down to swine flu.http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/swine-flu/2521740/Mutation-fear-as-swine-flu-cases-grow Mutation fear as swine flu cases grow Michael Fox Ruth Hill 22 June 2009 Stuff.co.nz 14 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20121013221627/http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/swine-flu/2521740/Mutation-fear-as-swine-flu-cases-grow 13 October 2012 live On 7 July 2009, there were 1195 confirmed cases. There were 12 critical cases in Nationwide and 53 people had been hospitalised due to the flu.http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2009/07/07/1245bb759c69 Almost 1200 confirmed with swine flu 7 July 2009 Radio New Zealand 14 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20090823101437/http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2009/07/07/1245bb759c69 23 August 2009 live According to a three-month-long study coordinated by the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre that was published in the New England Journal of Medicine, up to 20% of intensive care unit (ICU) beds overall were occupied by swine flu patients at the height of the pandemic in July. In New Zealand hospitals, about 25% of all ICU activity was pandemic-related and about 12% of patients hospitalised with swine flu were admitted to ICU. The surge of patients with H1N1 influenza placed substantial strain on staff and resources, hospitals were stretched to the very limit of resources and were at the point where possible alternatives had to be considered. Unlike seasonal influenza strains, which tend to hit elderly people and those of severe underlying health problems more heavily, many of those who became critically ill with the swine flu were babies and middle-aged people, pregnant women, the obese, Pacific Islanders, Māori and Aboriginal patients. Rates of severe illness among Pacific people were seven times higher than the average, while those of Maori were twice as high. Overall, about one-third of patients who was admitted to an ICU because of swine flu had no underlying health problem. The first batch of swine flu vaccine arrived in the country in September. Currently only frontline health workers were in line to get the vaccine, but the Health Ministry is considering on widening access to include other "at risk" groups.http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/swine-flu/2950319/ICUs-strained-to-limits-by-swine-flu ICUs strained to limits by swine flu The Dominion Post via Stuff (Fairfax NZ) 10 October 2009 29 October 2009 Ruth Hill dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091013110307/http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/swine-flu/2950319/ICUs-strained-to-limits-by-swine-flu 13 October 2009 On 21 October 2009, the Ministry of Health announced that the total number of death attributed to swine flu was 19, following a coroner's investigation of the 21 September death of a 35-year-old woman with underlying medical conditions in Waikato. The ministry expected the number to rise as the coroner completes investigations into a number of influenza-related deaths occurred over the last few months. Some students among a group visiting from Japan developed influenza in Christchurch in mid-October. Four tested positive for influenza H1N1, and a number of others had influenza-like symptoms. The ministry said it appeared that their illness originated in Japan. The group left New Zealand following treatment.http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/swine-flu/2987493/Swine-flu-deaths-reach-19-in-New-Zealand Swine flu deaths reach 19 in New Zealand Stuff (Fairfax NZ) 21 October 2009 29 October 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091022075123/http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/swine-flu/2987493/Swine-flu-deaths-reach-19-in-New-Zealand 22 October 2009 The death toll was later revised to 49 deaths in 2009, before a further 20 were killed during a second wave in 2010. Impact The impact in New Zealand was monitored by health authorities and had resulted in school closures throughout the country. There had been multiple instances of community transmission, and threats to close the nation's borders.http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/influenza-a-h1n1-update-seventyeven-160609 16 June 2009 Media Release 16 June 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu – Update Seventy-seven New Zealand Ministry of Health 27 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090619202801/http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/influenza-a-h1n1-update-seventyeven-160609 19 June 2009 live Seasonal flu New Zealand had about 48,000 influenza cases in the 2008 flu season – 42% of which were type A – and approximately 100 deaths a year directly attributed to influenza viruses.http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10569496 Big jump in suspected swine flu cases National Auckland Jacqueline Smith Associated Press 29 April 2009 30 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090429184610/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10569496 29 April 2009 live Preparation New Zealand has had an influenza Pandemic action plan since 2006.http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/nz-influenza-pandemic-action-plan-2006 New Zealand Influenza Pandemic Action Plan – 2006 New Zealand Ministry of Health September 2006 28 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090428171812/http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/nz-influenza-pandemic-action-plan-2006 28 April 2009 dead Following this plan New Zealand immediately upgraded its influenza pandemic alert status to code yellow.Cameron Amanda Tell swine flu patients to go home and stay home http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/news?article=0977f2fa-2d51-45f6-b8dc-82b5fcabcf03 https://web.archive.org/web/20090429231157/http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/news?article=0977f2fa-2d51-45f6-b8dc-82b5fcabcf03 dead 2009-04-29 Daily News New Zealand Doctor Online 27 April 2009 28 April 2009 The national stockpile of 1.4 million doses of oseltamivir was released to regional health authorities. The initial response as specified in the Pandemic Action Plan is a policy of border control and cluster control via voluntary quarantine and treatment of contacts with oseltamivir.August 2022 See also Health care in New Zealand COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand References External links Ministry of Health – Influenza A (H1N1) swine flu Flu Pandemic in New Zealand, 2009 New Zealand Category:Disease outbreaks in New Zealand Category:2009 disasters in New Zealand