Schedule 2Notifiable diseases

# Schedule 2 Notifiable diseases Schedule 2 Notifiable diseases (Section 81) Acute rheumatic fever Acute viral hepatitis Adverse event following immunisation Avian influenza in humans Botulism Cancer Cholera Congenital malformation (as described in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems) in a child under the age of one year COVID-19 (also known as Novel Coronavirus 2019) Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) Cystic fibrosis in a child under the age of one year Diphtheria Foodborne illness in two or more related cases Gastroenteritis among people of any age, in an institution (for example, among persons in educational or residential institutions) Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome *Haemophilus influenzae* type b Hypothyroidism in a child under the age of one year Legionnaires’ disease Leprosy Lyssavirus Measles Meningococcal disease Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus Mpox Paratyphoid Pertussis (whooping cough) Phenylketonuria in a child under the age of one year Plague Poliomyelitis Pregnancy with a child having a congenital malformation (as described in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems), cystic fibrosis, hypothyroidism, thalassaemia major or phenylketonuria Rabies Rheumatic heart disease in a person under the age of 35 years Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Smallpox *Streptococcus pyogenes* associated toxic shock syndrome (STSS) *Streptococcus pyogenes* detected and associated with necrotising fasciitis *Streptococcus pyogenes* detected and associated with puerperal or neonatal sepsis Syphilis Tetanus Thalassaemia major in a child under the age of one year Tuberculosis Typhoid Viral haemorrhagic fevers Yellow fever **sch 2:** Am 2013 (560), cl 3 (2); 2015 (591), cl 3 (2); 2018 (644), cl 3 (2); 2020 (17), cl 3(3); 2020 (107), cl 3(5) (6); 2022 (241), sec 3(2); 2024 (497), Sch 1\[3\] \[4\]; 2025 (19), Sch 1\[4\].