AU: 2016 Measles- Sydney alert

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Source: http://www.9news.com.au/national/201...outh-australia


Health 4:44pm September 9, 2016
Two new cases of measles detected in South Australia
By 9NEWS

A 45-year-old man and a 21-year-old female have contracted measles during overseas trips to Thailand and Bali, in the latest spate of diagnoses in South Australia.

Both are in a stable condition in hospital.

SA Health is warning South Australians to ensure they have measles vaccinations before going on holidays...

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Source: http://www.9news.com.au/health/2016/...r-sa-residents

Health 11:11pm September 14, 2016
Measles warning issued for South Australian travellers
9NEWS

Medical experts in South Australia have issued a warning for anyone travelling to South East Asia to ensure they are fully immunised after an outbreak of measles in the state in recent weeks.

A 25-year-old woman is in hospital in Adelaide after contracting the illness during a trip to Asia.

It is the third case doctors have diagnosed in the past week...

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Source: http://www.9news.com.au/health/2016/...outh-australia


Health 5:49pm September 21, 2016
Two more cases of measles diagnosed in South Australia
9NEWS

Another two cases of measles have been diagnosed in South Australia, with a woman and a baby boy contracting the disease through the local community.

SA Health?s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paddy Phillips, said the 22-year-old woman and nine-month-old boy were in a stable condition in hospital.

?We have identified that the two latest cases of measles were contracted locally, most likely after being in the same location as one of the previously notified cases,? Prof. Phillips said...

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Source: http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/tour...734afc66be1a1c

Tourist?s Territory visit sparks measles warning
MOLLY BAXTER, NT News
October 21, 2016 10:30pm

AN OVERSEAS tourist has sparked a measles scare, prompting the Health Department to issue a Territory-wide alert.

The tourist is known to have spent time at crowded locations in Darwin on Thursday October 13, including the Museum and Art Gallery of the NT at Bullocky Point and the Mindil Beach Markets. She also passed through Darwin Airport on Monday, October 17, before boarding a Jetstar flight for Cairns.

Acting Director of the Centre for Disease Control, Dr Peter Markey, said Queensland health authorities advised their Territory counterparts about the woman?s condition.

She was infectious between October 12 to 17 while in the Top End, visiting both Darwin and Kakadu...

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Source: http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/b...67d9cfcdce7772

Measles alert for people on flight to WA
Australian Associated Press
October 27, 2016 12:45am

West Australians are being warned about an increased risk of measles after a Singapore Airlines passenger caught the illness while on holiday in Japan before returning home to Perth.

The passenger's first flight was SQ633 from Tokyo, arriving in Singapore about 11pm on October 20, and they then flew to Perth on SQ225, arriving about 5.15am the next morning.

The Health Department warns fellow passengers may have been exposed, as well as anyone in the arrival area at Perth Airport international terminal, Mead Medical Centre in Forrestfield on that Friday between 11am and midday, and the nearby St John of God Pathology collection centre between 11.20am and 12.30pm.

Exposure was also possible at Pathwest Collection Centre at Kalamunda Hospital on October 24 between 4.30pm and 5pm, Jetts 24 Hour Fitness in Forrestfield that same day from about 11.30am to 12.40pm, and Dome cafe in Kalamunda between about 2pm and 4pm...

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Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-3...-perth/7978496

Maternity unit included in Perth measles alert, after second confirmed case in a week
Posted about 6 hours ago

West Australians are being warned about an increased risk of measles after another person was found to have contracted the virus while travelling overseas.

It is the second such case in a week, after a passenger on board a flight from Tokyo to Perth, via Singapore, was diagnosed with the infection several days ago.

The locations the second person visited are listed below but include the Bentley Maternity Unit...

...Below is a Health Department provided list of the locations the second person diagnosed with measles visited in recent days.

21-28 October - Langford Islamic College, morning and afternoon drop off
21 October ? Bentley Hospital Maternity Unit, 1.00pm to 2.00pm
22 October ? The Learning Bee, Applecross, 10.30am to 12.00pm
23 October ? Kien Strawberry farm, Gnangara, 11.30am to 1.30pm
23 October ? McDonalds Restaurant Mirrabooka, 1.00pm to 2.30pm
23 October ? Chemist Warehouse, Mirrabooka, 2pm to 3pm
25 October ? Chemist Warehouse, Gosnells, 4.45pm to 5.30pm
25 October ? Maddington Village General Practice, 4.30pm to 5.15pm
26 October ? Gosnells Healthcare Centre General Practice, 7.00pm to 8.00pm
27 October ? Cannington Leisureplex Aquatic Centre and Library, 9.30am to 10.30am
27 October ? Clinipath Pathology collection centre, Albany Hwy Gosnells, 11.00am
27 October ? Coles, Albany Hwy Gosnells, 12.00pm to 1.00pm
28 October ? Toys R Us, Albany Hwy Cannington, 9.30am to 10.30am
28 October ? Westfield Carousel shopping centre, Albany Hwy, 10.30am to 11.30am
28 October ? Ar Rukun Mosque, Rockingham, 1.30pm to 2.00pm
28 October ? Rockingham foreshore cafe and beach ? 2.00pm to 3.30pm

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Source: http://www.9news.com.au/national/201...rted-in-gawler


South Australia 8:31pm November 7, 2016
Eleventh measles case confirmed in South Australia
9NEWS

The eleventh locally acquired measles case has been confirmed in the town of Gawler, South Australia.

The infected person is a 34-year-old woman, SA Health's Chief Medical Officer Professor Paddy Phillips confirmed this afternoon.

She remains in a stable condition at home, where she is self-quarantining.

?This is the fifth locally acquired case in the Gawler area in recent months so I urge anyone who is unsure of their vaccination status to visit their GP to ensure they are fully immunised," Professor Phillips said...

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Source: http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/s...32b1a113d6a6a8

Gawler measles alert prompts SA Health to urge people to check their vaccination status
Health Reporter Katrina Stokes, The Advertiser
November 8, 2016 1:53am

HEALTH authorities have issued a second measles alert this week after a Gawler resident was confirmed to have the virus ? the sixth case from the area in recent months.

The latest cases have prompted SA Health to urge South Australians to check their vaccination status.

SA Health chief medical officer Professor Paddy Phillips said a 33-year-old female is

in a stable condition in hospital...

Locations

* Gawler Health Service on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday (last week);

* Java Hut and Gawler Flower Gallery on Wednesday;

* Angle Vale Family Practice from 2.30pm until 3.15pm on Thursday;

* Royal Adelaide Hospital emergency department from 4.15pm until 10.45pm on

Sunday.

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Source: http://www.9news.com.au/health/2016/...ued-for-sydney


Health 12:18am December 7, 2016
Measles warning issued for Sydney after case diagnosed in CBD
9NEWS

Health authorities have issued a warning after a person who contracted measles overseas was reported to have been in the Sydney CBD.

The Public Health Unit of the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) have issued a warning to the public to be alert to symptoms of the highly contagious disease.

The infected adult was reported to have lived in the Sydney CBD between November 26 and December 4.

The person, whose identity has not been revealed, also visited the Emergency Department at Sydney Hospital on Macquarie Street, GP clinics on George Street and Darlinghurst, and a coffee shop on Harris Street in Ultimo...

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Source: http://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/br...fe8d3c1f0fa79b

Measles warning on Gold Coast-Tweed region
Australian Associated Press
December 12, 2016 5:54am

Gold Coast and Tweed Heads residents have been warned about a potential measles outbreak on the tourist strip.

The Gold Coast Public Health Unit says a Tweed resident has been diagnosed with the highly infectious disease and has also spent time on the southern parts of the Gold Coast.

The patient, who conducts deliveries as part of their work, may have exposed others to the disease from Sunday to Friday last week...

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Source: http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/n...920fbd7de2ea8a

NSW Health has issued a measles warning after three people contracted the contagious disease in two weeks
Kate Bastians, Wentworth Courier
December 15, 2016 9:34pm

NSW Health has issued a measles warning after three adults, who have visited multiple locations around Sydney including the eastern suburbs, were diagnosed with the highly contagious disease this month...

...NSW Health?s Director Communicable Diseases Vicky Sheppeard warned all three had spent a considerable amount of time in the Sydney metropolitan area while infectious.

The three people have visited multiple locations between November 26 and December 15 including inner city hospital emergency departments as well as GP clinics and medical centres in Darlinghurst, Leichardt, Camperdown, Bondi and George St in the CBD.

The also visited restaurants and shops in the CBD, Ultimo, Bondi, Bondi Junction, Leichhardt, Double Bay, Chatswood, and Marrickville...

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Source: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...4d26614b691389


NSW Health has issued a measles warning after three women contracted the contagious disease this month
Wentworth Courier
NSW Health reveals the three adults diagnosed with measles are all young women
Kate Bastians, Wentworth Courier
December 19, 2016 9:40pm

THREE young women diagnosed with measles spent time in the eastern suburbs while infectious.

NSW Health today revealed the three people who have contracted the highly contagious disease this month were all women in their 20s.

One is a NSW resident and the other two were travellers from overseas.

They did not know each other but all three had visited multiple locations between November 26 and December 15 including inner city hospital emergency departments as well as GP clinics and medical centres in Darlinghurst, Leichhardt, Camperdown, Bondi and George St in the CBD.

They also visited restaurants and shops in the CBD, Ultimo, Bondi, Bondi Junction, Leichhardt, Double Bay, Chatswood, and Marrickville.

Those who use public transport routes in the CBD, north and east of the city are also at risk...

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Source: http://www.watoday.com.au/queensland...23-gthg58.html


December 23 2016 - 2:42PM
Measles case confirmed in north Brisbane
Rachel Clun

An adult woman has been diagnosed with measles in Brisbane's north, Metro North Public Health Unit confirmed.

The woman from Camp Mountain visited a number of businesses while she was unknowingly infectious.

She went to the Samford IGA, Samford Caltex and Samford Patisserie on December 15-16, Spokes Cafe on December 17, Aspley Medical Centre on December 21 and The Prince Charles Hospital emergency department on December 22...

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Source: http://www.9news.com.au/national/201...ed-in-december

Health 4:12pm December 28, 2016
Fears of measles outbreak in Sydney, with fourth case confirmed this month
AAP

Sydney residents are being urged to watch for symptoms of measles after four cases have been reported in the city in December.

The most recent case, a known contact of an earlier case, visited numerous locations around Leichhardt, Pyrmont and Neutral Bay, and used inner west public transport from December 23-24 while infectious...