An extra 52,000 doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine has arrived in Auckland after some clinics temporarily ran dry.
The new stock is expected to make its way to GP clinics on Thursday after some were forced to cancel appointments last week due to a shortage.
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Procare clinical director, Dr Allan Moffitt, told Newshub it's been a frantic time.
"Even though we've prioritised now we've got down to really minimal supply for our practices and we're only prioritising that supply to the 12 months to four-year-olds."
Dr Moffitt said the supply issues caught clinics by surprise and ended in some people not being able to be vaccinated.
"Practices were left having made appointments to vaccinate people and then the supply has not actually had enough stock to be able to supply that so we've had to sort of retrench."
Auckland is currently in the midst of a massive measles outbreak with 1064 confirmed cases across the region as of September 16.
The regional public health service is encouraging anyone who needs it to get vaccinated, prioritising those most affected by the outbreak children under four years old and people between 15 - 29 years old who do not know if they received two doses of the vaccine.
Newshub.
