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  • NSW confirms first case of measles since 2020

    Source: https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/hea...13-p5bhqz.html


    NSW confirms first case of measles since 2020
    By Billie Eder
    September 13, 2022 — 3.05pm

    NSW has recorded its first confirmed case of measles since February 2020.

    The patient, a person in their 50s, acquired the infection while travelling in Asia last month, and developed symptoms after returning to Sydney. They are isolating at a NSW hospital.
    The measles, mumps and rubella vaccine.

    The locations that were visited by the infectious person are St Andrew’s Catholic Church at Malabar on September 4, Tyree Energy Technology Building at the University of NSW on Tuesday 6, The Lounge restaurant at UNSW on September 6 and Pacific Square in Maroubra on September 7.

    NSW Health’s executive director in health protection, Dr Jeremy McAnulty, said that people who had attended locations visited by the infectious person were not necessarily at risk, but urged people who may be susceptible to monitor for symptoms...
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