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  • #76
    Source: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/...13-p53jx0.html


    Measles warning after a second infected man arrives in Sydney
    By Matt Bungard
    December 13, 2019 — 7.51pm

    A second measles warning in the space of a month has been issued by NSW Health after another man returned to Australia carrying the disease.

    Anyone who shared public transport with the man in Sydney between December 5 and 12 is urged to remain alert.

    People who may have been exposed are at risk of developing measles until December 30 as it can take up to 18 days for symptoms to develop following exposure.

    The infected man's travel route

    Thursday 5th December

    Train from Kogarah Station to Redfern Station, departing 4:27am
    Train from Redfern Station to Rhodes Station, departing 5:03 am
    533 Bus from Rhodes Station to Hill Rd, Wentworth Point, departing 6:00am
    Train from Olympic Park Station to Redfern Station, departing 4:25pm
    Train from Redfern Station to Kogarah Station, departing 5:15pm

    Friday 6th, Monday 9th, Tuesday 10th and Thursday 12th December

    Train from Kogarah Station to Mascot Station, departing 5:11am
    400 Bus from Mascot Station to Dangar St, Randwick, departing 5:45am
    400 Bus from Dangar St Randwick to Mascot Station, departing 2:00pm
    Train from Mascot Station to Kogarah Station, departing 3:06pm

    Anyone who was at a construction site on December 5 at 14-16 Hill Road, Wentworth Point, or a site at 36 Dangar Street, Randwick, on December 6, 9, 10 and 12, as well as 59 Montgomery Street, Kogarah, for that entire period, should stay alert.

    He was checked into St George Hospital's emergency department at 5pm on December 12...

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    • #77
      Source: https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/healt...risis-c-607907

      Queensland measles cases rise 500 per cent in 2019 in flow on from Pacific crisis
      Warren Barnsley 7NEWS
      Sunday, 15 December 2019 9:55 pm

      Queensland has recorded an almost 500 per cent spike in measles cases in 2019 as the state endures the flow-on effects from the deadly epidemic in the Pacific.

      The state has had 71 cases this year, compared to 12 by this time in 2018 - for a 491 per cent rise.

      It is more cases than the previous four years combined, and more than double the average over the last five years, according to state government figures...

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      • #78
        Source: https://www.news.com.au/national/bre...674ae211259df5

        New case of measles detected in Victoria
        December 23, 20195:49pm
        Ulises Izquierdo
        Australian Associated PressDecember 23, 20195:49pm

        A new case of measles was reported in Victoria on Monday, the latest of 57 cases recorded this year.

        A visitor from Samoa was identified and the Department of Health said it is unrelated to previous cases notified in the state...

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        • #79
          Source: https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...bc2cfb3532d1c1

          Measles alert after Inner-West Sydney diagnosis
          A 20-year-old man diagnosed with measles had visited a number of locations in Sydney while infectious, health authorities have warned.
          news.com.auJanuary 1, 20207:14pm

          ...The man in his 20s had not travelled immediately prior to his illness and has no known links to previously identified measles cases...

          ...He has visited many locations and travelled on buses and trains in the Sydney CBD, Inner West, North West and Eastern Suburbs while infectious:

          • Friday 27 December he travelled on a 12:30pm bus from Wollongong to Central Station, then took a bus from Central to St Peters.

          • Saturday 28 December he travelled by train from Sydenham to Bondi Junction around 10:00am to 11:00am. He then took a bus from Bondi Junction to Bondi Beach, arriving around 12:00pm. After spending the day at Bondi Beach he then returned home on the same route around 5:00pm.

          • Sunday 29 December he travelled by train from Sydenham Station to Central Station at 11:00am and then took a train from Central Station to Berowra Station at 12:15pm. He returned on a train from Berowra Station to Central Station at 3:00pm, then another train from Central Station to Sydenham Station.

          • Monday 30 December he went to Marrickville Metro between 3:00pm and 4:00pm.

          • Tuesday 31 December he went to Marrickville Metro and a GP in Marrickville from around 10:30am to 1:30pm...

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          • #80
            Source: https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/healt...ction-c-630725

            Second measles alert issued after Sydney woman contracts contagious infection
            Abi Moustafa
            7NEWS
            Thursday, 2 January 2020 5:03 pm

            There has been a second case of measles in Sydney after a woman contracted the infection.

            She is believed to have visited a number of locations across the eastern suburbs and inner west...

            ...This case comes a day after reports a man contracted the contagious disease...

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            Source: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...e8a7988125f76d

            ...The Australian woman did not travel overseas before she became infected and has never had measles before, causing concern as to how she picked up the disease.

            Thought to be infectious from December 28, the young woman visited Flemington Markets, Hong Dat Butcher and Vietnamese Street Food in Marrickville, and Cang Chinese Restaurant in Mascot.

            She also visited Sydney International Airport, where she went to Roll’d restaurant.

            The woman travelled on the train and bus between Sydney’s south and west...
            Last edited by Shiloh; January 2, 2020, 08:33 PM. Reason: Added artcle noting locations of possible exposure

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            • #81
              Source: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...24bf440e1c7544

              Measles alert Gold Coast: Gold Coaster urged to look out for measles after another case found
              Lea Emery, Gold Coast Bulletin
              January 3, 2020 1:12pm

              GOLD Coasters are being warned after another case of measles was found on in the area last week.

              The person arrived on the Gold Coast Airport about 7.30am, December 28 after flying from Sydney.

              The person also went to movies at the Coomera Westfield 7.30pm on December 30...

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              • #82
                Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...diagnosed.html

                Measles alert as five patients are diagnosed with the deadly disease in Sydney
                By Australian Associated Press
                Published: 04:58 EST, 4 January 2020 | Updated: 04:58 EST, 4 January 2020

                NSW Health is urging people to be alert for measles symptoms after five people who hadn't travelled outside Sydney were diagnosed with the serious disease.

                All five sufferers first developed symptoms between Christmas and New Year's Day with NSW Health warning that other people may be infected.

                Those diagnosed with measles had visited a number of locations across Sydney from December 26 to January 2 including Little Bay beach, Hyde Park, Maroubra, Macquarie Fields and Bankstown...

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                • #83
                  Source: https://www.communitynews.com.au/sou...sued-for-perth

                  Measles warning issued for Perth
                  January 9th, 2020, 03:20PMWritten by Staff Writer Southern Gazette

                  A MEASLES warning has been issued for Perth following a new confirmed case in a person who visited two popular local areas.

                  WA Health Department said the person had been to South Perth foreshore park on January 2 between 4.30pm and 8pm, and Secret Harbour Shopping Centre on January 4 between 10.30am and 12 noon...

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                  • #84
                    Source: https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/nsw...ac5fa6b1a065cb

                    Seventh measles case since Christmas
                    Danielle Le MessurierThe Daily Telegraph
                    January 10, 2020 2:33AM

                    A Sydney man has become the seventh person to contract measles in NSW since Christmas. NSW Health is advising people to be on the alert for symptoms of the infectious disease after the infected man visited several locations in Sydney’s eastern suburbs and inner west this week.

                    NSW Health is advising people to be on the alert for symptoms of the infectious disease after the infected man visited several locations in Sydney’s eastern suburbs and inner west this week.

                    The man is believed to have been infectious when he visited Woolworths in Matraville last Sunday.

                    On Monday, he went to Central Auto Care at St Peters and returned to the area the following day, where he visited ER McNamara Smash Repairs and Hungry Jacks.

                    On Thursday, he returned the smash repairer.

                    The man’s vaccination history was unable to be verified...

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