New South Wales Health has issued a measles alert for western Sydney after a confirmed case in a young child at a hospital emergency department.
Western Sydney Local Health District director of public health Catherine Bateman said if you, or someone you know, visited the location at those times it is important to be on the lookout for symptoms.
Symptoms of measles include fever, runny nose, sore eyes and a cough, usually followed three or four days later by a red, blotchy rash that spreads from the head to the rest of the body.
Measles is a vaccine-preventable disease that is spread through the air when someone who is infectious coughs or sneezes.
Health authorities are reminding people to check that they are protected against measles.
“Anyone born during or after 1966 needs to ensure they have received two doses of measles vaccine, this is particularly important prior to overseas travel, as measles outbreaks are occurring in several regions of the world at the moment,” Bateman said.
