Zika in New Zealand

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   Well we've just been informed today that our first case of Zika has turned up in Waikato, with a possible 8 others, all recently from the South Pacific. There is also a case in Tonga. 
NZ has 15 different species of mosquito so who knows if one of them will be a carrier. There are certainly loads of mosquitoes in NZ, there are plenty where I live and I'm inland and in the South Island. When we lived in Auckland the mosquitoes were huge.

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KiwiMum Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Chief Moderator Joined: May 29 2013 Status: Offline Points: 29680	Post Options Post Reply Quote KiwiMum Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Zika in New Zealand Posted: January 28 2016 at 5:08pm
	Well we've just been informed today that our first case of Zika has turned up in Waikato, with a possible 8 others, all recently from the South Pacific. There is also a case in Tonga. NZ has 15 different species of mosquito so who knows if one of them will be a carrier. There are certainly loads of mosquitoes in NZ, there are plenty where I live and I'm inland and in the South Island. When we lived in Auckland the mosquitoes were huge.
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