Health New Zealand says the person with measles who returned from Asia became infectious on 2 May. Photo: RNZ /Dom Thomas
Health New Zealand has confirmed that the measles case in Auckland had returned to New Zealand from Asia on 29 April.
The agency says the person first became infectious from 2 May.
According to a list released by Health NZ, the earliest location visited by the case was a Woolworths supermarket in Kelston, on 3 May between 2.30pm and 4.30pm.
Last Monday (5 May), the person worked as a crew member on a number of Fullers ferry sailings between Auckland City, Devonport, Half Moon Bay and Rangitoto.
Only those people who travelled between 3.30pm and 7.40pm on 5 May and who used the toilets on the ferries are considered close contacts, but anyone who travelled on the ferries at those times should watch for symptoms.
Anyone who sailed on the ferries between 9pm and 9.45pm on 5 May is considered a close contact.
Also considered a close contact is anyone who used the stairs in the Auckland Downtown Carpark on Customs Street between 1.30pm and 2.30pm on 5 May and anyone who used the carpark's lift between 11pm and midnight that day.
And last Wednesday (7 May), the person visited a Unichem pharmacy in New Lynn between 9am and 10.30am, and a Pak 'n Save supermarket in Mount Albert between 10am and 11.45am. Anyone who was in those stores at those times is considered a close contact.
Health NZ said it was unlikely there would be any further locations linked to the case.
Measles symptoms usually started within 10 to 14 days of being exposed to the virus and the rash developed three to four days after other symptoms such as fever, sore red eyes and a cough and runny nose, Health NZ advised.
People who were close contacts should contact Healthline on 0800 611 116 urgently, check whether they were immune to measles and monitor for symptoms of measles, it said.
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