Rabies

The case was from an overseas traveller who died from the disease last week.

"Sadly, the overseas traveller died from the disease last week, but this person posed no health risk to any member of the public while in New Zealand," Te Whatu ...

"Rabies cannot be transmitted person to person and we have no rabies reservoir in New Zealand." "The disease was contracted overseas and then the person was diagnosed in New Zealand. "Sadly, the overseas traveller died from the disease last week, but this person posed no health risk to any member of the public while in New Zealand," Te Whatu Ora said in a statement today.

The Ministry of Health has confirmed New Zealand has had its first case of rabies, with an overseas traveller dying.

[Calls for risk assessment of managed isolation and quarantine process](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/122832651/calls-for-risk-assessment-of-managed-isolation-and-quarantine-process?rm=a) [Rabies vaccination](https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/communicable-disease-control-manual/rabies-and-other-lyssaviruses) is recommended for New Zealanders travelling to countries where the disease is common, especially if travelling to rural areas, are likely to be in contact with animals or if staying for longer than a month. [died from the disease](https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/96883283/doctors-warn-of-rabies-after-tourists-bitten-overseas) last week, but the person posed no health risk to any member of the public while in New Zealand, the Ministry said. [Family left with questions after 'non-Covid-19' death of Auckland rest home resident](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/126909806/family-left-with-questions-after-noncovid19-death-of-auckland-rest-home-resident?rm=a) The disease was contracted overseas and the person was diagnosed in New Zealand. The Ministry of Health has confirmed New Zealand has had its first case of

Dr. Emmanuel Kwao Pecku, Tema Metropolitan Veterinary Officer has disclosed that more than 59,000 people globally die from rabies yearly, “this means that ...

Our Collective Responsibility,” a Ghana News Agency Tema Regional Office initiative aimed at promoting communication on health-related and setting the medium for the propagation of health information to influence personal health choices by improving health literacy. Pecku stated at the weekly “Your Health! He said rabies was one of the oldest zoonotic diseases in the world caused by a virus that travels to the brain and settles on the salivary glands, where the activities of the virus are manifested.

A person has died of rabies in Auckland in what health authorities say is the first known case of the disease in New Zealand.

If the person does not seek treatment between being bitten and the development of symptoms, then rabies is usually fatal." "The sequence of the rabies virus that was taken from them is consistent with the rabies in that country." A person has died of rabies in Auckland in what health authorities say is the first known case of the disease in New Zealand.

Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand and Manatu Hauora – Ministry of Health have confirmed New Zealand has had its first case of rabies., , Sadly, the overseas ...

Laboratory results confirmed this is the first case of rabies in New Zealand. If the person does not seek treatment between being bitten and the development of symptoms, then rabies is usually fatal. The disease was contracted overseas and then the person was diagnosed in New Zealand.

In up to 99%​ of cases globally, dogs are responsible for rabies virus transmission to humans – however, the virus can affect domestic and wild animals. The ...

The virus is usually transmitted [through a bite](https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/about.html), scratch or direct contact with mucosa (eyes, mouth or open wounds). As the virus moves to the central nervous system, “progressive and fatal inflammation” of the brain and spinal cord develops. [according to the WHO.](https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/rabies) [WHO says.](https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/rabies#:~:text=Rabies%20is%20present%20on%20all%20continents%20except%20Antarctica%2C%20with%20over%2095%25%20of%20human%20deaths%20occurring%20in%20Asia%20and%20Africa.%20However%2C%20rabies%20cases%20are%20rarely%20reported%20and%20registered%20numbers%20differ%20greatly%20from%20the%20estimated%20burden.) [a WHO resource published in January says.](https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/rabies#:~:text=In%20the%20Americas%2C%20hematophagous%20bats%20are%20now%20the%20major%20source%20of%20human%20rabies%20deaths%20as%20dog%2Dmediated%20transmission%20has%20been%20largely%20interrupted%20in%20this%20region.%20Bat%2Dmediated%20rabies%20is%20also%20an%20emerging%20public%20health%20threat%20in%20Australia%20and%20western%20Europe.) [died from the disease last week.](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/300843498/first-case-of-rabies-detected-in-new-zealand-person-dead?rm=a) [at the wound](https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/rabies#:~:text=Initial%20symptoms%20of%20rabies%20include%20generic%20signs%20like%20fever%2C%20pain%20and%20unusual%20or%20unexplained%20tingling%2C%20pricking%2C%20or%20burning%20sensations%20at%20the%20wound%20site). [are the major source of human rabies deaths](https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/rabies), as dog-mediated transmission has been “largely interrupted”. [according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).](https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/rabies) [age of 5 and 14 years](https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/rabies) are “frequent victims”, WHO says. [through their saliva](https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/rabies/symptoms-causes/syc-20351821). [there is no risk to the public from the case](https://www.health.govt.nz/news-media/media-releases/no-risk-public-nzs-first-rabies-case).

New Zealand has had its first case of rabies, an overseas traveller who died from the disease last week. Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand and Manatu Hauora ...

"Laboratory results confirmed this is the first case of rabies in New Zealand. Director of Public Health Dr Nick Jones said the person posed no health risk to any member of the public while in New Zealand. Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand and Manatu Hauora - the Ministry of Health confirmed the case this afternoon.