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Kōrero: Epidemics

Flu alert

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A billboard next to a hospital.

During the influenza A H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic of 2009, warning signs were placed in many public places urging people to stay away if they had influenza or flu-like symptoms. This sign was at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland.

 

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Geoff Rice, Epidemics – Preventing epidemics, 1970s to early 21st century, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/27780/flu-alert (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Geoff Rice, i tāngia i te 8 February 2024.