Sydney, Oct 2
Health authorities in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) on Thursday issued a measles alert for northern Sydney after being notified of a case who was infectious while visiting several locations.
NSW Health said that the confirmed case visited five locations in Sydney's northern beaches region, including a supermarket, restaurant, cafe and pharmacist, while infectious on September 25 and 27.
The case was a close contact of a recently-reported measles case in northern Sydney, NSW Health said.
Anyone who attended the five locations at the same time as the new case has been advised to monitor for the development of symptoms until mid-October.
Michael Staff, Director of Public Health for the Northern Sydney Local Health District, said that symptoms to monitor for include fever, sore eyes and a cough, followed days later by a rash that spreads from the head and neck to the rest of the body.