A health alert has been issued for measles after a traveller with the highly infectious virus arrived in Sydney then caught a bus to Canberra.
NSW Health said the person arrived at Sydney International Airport last Saturday after returning from India, where there have been ongoing measles outbreaks.
They then travelled to Canberra on a Murrays bus express service.
While health authorities said therewas no ongoing risk to the public at the locations the person visited while infectious, they have encouraged the public to be on the lookout for symptoms if they had been at:
- Air India flight AI 302 from Delhi to Sydney, arriving in Sydney on Saturday 20 January at 8.10am
- Sydney Airport, Terminal 1 International Arrivals (including baggage claim and customs) and Bay 9, bus and coach bays, on the morning of Saturday 20 January
- Murrays Bus Sydney to Canberra Express, departing Sydney International Airport around 10.30am on Saturday 20 January. ACT Health is contacting individuals who travelled on this bus service.
“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,” Dr Christine Selvey, the director of communicable diseases branch at NSW Health, said.
(9 NEWS)
