Measles alert for Qantas flight from Bali

NEWS: Two people in NSW, including one who visited the Sydney Opera House, have been diagnosed with measles after catching the highly contagious disease overseas.

Image of the Sydney Opera House

ผู้ไปเยี่ยมเยือนโรงอุปรากรซิดนีย์โอเปราเฮาส์จำนวนหลายร้อยรายได้รับการเตือนให้เฝ้าดูอาการ ของโรคหัด Source: AAP

Bali holidaymakers and visitors to the Sydney Opera House are among hundreds urged to look out for measles symptoms after a young woman and infant contracted the disease.

The two new cases take the number of people infectious with the highly contagious disease in the state since Christmas to 19, NSW Health said on Monday.

In one case, a woman aged in her 20s developed the measles rash after arriving in Sydney from Bali on Qantas flight QF44 about 6.30am on February 21.

You can read the full version of this story in English on SBS News .


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Published 6 March 2019 11:46am
Updated 6 March 2019 11:55am
By AAP-SBS
Presented by Tanu Attajarusit
Source: SBS News, AAP


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