03/01/2020
A second Sydney case of measles is confirmed
We now have a second case of measles in the area so please be on the look out for symptoms.
A young woman, who had not travelled overseas before becoming unwell and has no known links to previously identified measles cases, visited several places and used public transport in Sydney’s inner west, south and city while infectious, including Marrickville, Redfern and the international terminal at the airport.
Saturday, December 28:
Train: (Mascot to Flemington) between 9am to 9.30am.
Flemington Markets, Parramatta Road, Homebush, 10.30am to 12.30pm.
Train (Flemington to Redfern) between 12-12.30pm.
Bus (Redfern to Marrickville) replacement bus for train around 1.15pm.
Hong Dat Butcher, 299 Illawarra Rd, Marrickville, around 1.30pm.
Bus 418 (Marrickville to Mascot) departing around 1.50-2pm.
Train Mascot to Town Hall (arrived Town Hall at 3pm).
Cityheroes Pool and Billiards, 6/505 George St, Sydney, from 3pm-6pm.
Train from Museum to Mascot departing around 6pm.
Sunday, December 29:
Bus 420 or 400 Mascot to International Airport 2.30pm.
Roll’d restaurant, Sydney International Airport, from 2.30pm-8pm.
Bus 400 or 420 International Airport to Mascot, at 8:10pm.
Monday, December 30:
Bus 418: From Mascot to Marrickville shops, 7pm.
Chemist Warehouse Marrickville, 3/258 Illawarra Rd, Marrickville, around 7.30pm
Vietnamese Street Food, 294 Illawarra Rd, Marrickville, from 9-9.30pm.
Bus 418 from Marrickville to Mascot, departing 9.30pm.
Wednesday, January 1:
Cang Restaurant Mascot, Etherden Walk, Mascot
Saturday, December 28 to Thursday, January 2:
Kiara North Apartment Building, 671- 675 Gardeners Road, Mascot.
These places pose no ongoing threat to the public, but anyone who was in the same places at the same times is at risk of developing measles until 19 January, as it can take up to 18 days for symptoms to develop following exposure.
If you are unvaccinated and attended the same locations on the same day and at the same time as this case, please contact your local public health unit on 1300 066 055 for advice.
Symptoms of measles include fever, sore eyes and a cough followed three or four days later by a red, blotchy rash that spreads from the head to the rest of the body.
If you develop symptoms, see your GP but please call ahead to ensure you are not in the waiting room with other patients.
The measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine is safe and highly effective, with two doses providing lifelong protection in 99 out of 100 people who are vaccinated.
Anyone born during or after 1966 needs to ensure that they have received two measles shots. If you’re unsure whether you’ve been vaccinated against measles in the past, it’s safe to have a dose.
The vaccine may help prevent measles in unvaccinated people if given within 72 hours of an exposure, and another treatment (immunoglobulin) can be given for unvaccinated people at higher risk of measles complications up to six days after exposure.
People at high risk of measles complications include:
· children from birth to 11 months (who are too young for routine measles vaccination)
pregnant women who haven’t had a measles vaccination
people with a weakened immune system due to illness or treatment.
