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Three new measles cases in Queensland has public health authorities worried about spread
Janelle Miles
The Courier-Mail
September 13, 2013 1:42PM
THREE new cases of the highly contagious measles virus have been diagnosed in Queensland, worrying public health authorities.
The new cases, all three in Ipswich, take the numbers in the state's recent cluster to 10.
One of them had visited the Ipswich Hospital on a number of occasions between September 6 and 11.
A separate case attended the Leichhardt pharmacy about midday last Saturday...
Health warning: Measles confirmed in Toowoomba
Sep 2013 1:51 PM
PEOPLE are being asked to check whether they could have come into contact with the person with Toowoomba's first confirmed case of the measles this year.
Darling Downs Public Health unit director Dr Penny Hutchinson said the affected individual, who was unaware she was infectious, had been to the following locations:
Clifford Gardens shopping centre - 9am-3pm, September 10
Grand Central Shopping Centre (mostly Target) - 9-11am, September 12
Sizzler Restaurant in Toowoomba at dinner time, September 12
Medical centre, James and West Sts, morning of September 13
Toowoomba Hospital emergency department 10am-1pm, September 13
a medical ward (MU1) at Toowoomba Hospital - 9-11am, September 14...
Health authorities warn of a measles outbreak in the Ipswich and Springfield areas
James Drew
South-West News
September 18, 2013 10:28AM
HEALTH authorities have warned of a potential measles outbreak in the Ipswich and Springfield areas after several cases of the infectious disease were reported to West Moreton Hospital and Health Service.
On Tuesday the service warned people who voted at a Leichhardt school on September 7 or visited Aldi in Springfield on September 8 may have come into contact with the disease.
The announcement was in addition to last Friday's health alert release which said a man presented to Ipswich Hospital with the disease between September 6-11 and an infected woman attended a Leichhardt pharmacy on September 7....
Measles warning for Sydneysiders
8:21am September 24, 2013
NSW Health has warned people to be on the lookout for measles symptoms after three Sydney men fell ill with the infectious disease.
The men, aged between 25 and 35, may have been infected when they recently spent time in Sydney's inner suburbs, including Alexandria, Waterloo, Earlwood and Hurlstone Park.
They also visited medical centres in Rozelle, Croydon and Rockdale and the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital emergency department while infectious in the past week...
Another Queenslander contracts measles
5:06pm September 25, 2013
...There have already been 16 cases of measles in the state this year, despite the disease having been eradicated from Australia.
In the latest case, an Ipswich woman has been diagnosed with the disease...she visited Redbank Plaza on the afternoon of September 18 while she was unknowingly infectious.
State's measles outbreak spreads as Ispwich records its eighth case
Janelle Miles
The Courier-Mail
October 02, 2013 12:00AM
QUEENSLAND'S measles outbreak continues to worsen with another case recorded in Ipswich.
The latest infected person, among a cluster of eight Ipswich people infected during the past two months, had visited Ipswich police station and courthouse on several occasions last week.
Ninth case of measles confirmed in Ipswich
Kieran Banks 3rd Oct 2013 6:00 AM
IPSWICH health officials have launched a measles vaccination campaign to stop the outbreak after a ninth case of the disease was confirmed yesterday...
Eleventh case of measles in Ipswich prompts free clinic to target Generation Y
Janelle Miles
The Courier-Mail
October 09, 2013 8:07PM
THE Ipswich measles outbreak has worsened, with the 11th case diagnosed in two months.
Health authorities are so concerned about the cluster of cases, a free measles clinic has been set up, with Generation Ys particularly urged to get immunised...
WA measles outbreak linked to Bali
October 11, 2013 - 5:16PM
Bali holidaymakers have been warned to watch for measles symptoms after four West Australian travellers contracted the disease in the past week after returning from Indonesia.
The WA Health Department director of communicable disease control Paul Armstrong said people were also potentially exposed to infection at general practice surgeries where the infected cases were seen.
He said other risk areas were pathology collection centres and emergency departments at Royal Perth, Sir Charles Gairdner and Armadale-Kelmscott hospitals.
One case was contracted while working on Barrow Island in the state's north, he said...
Gold Coast put on measles alert
5:51pm October 14, 2013
Gold Coast residents and tourists need to be on alert for measles symptoms after an infectious patient visited a popular local theme park, authorities say.
Queensland's chief health officer, Dr Jeannette Young, says a 13-year-old NSW boy with measles visited Dreamworld on October 2, during the school holidays.
She said anyone who was at Dreamworld on that date should check the status of their vaccination record, and talk to their GP if they don't think they are fully protected...
There's been an outbreak of measles in the Byron Bay area
Updated 2 hours 51 minutes ago
There's been an outbreak of measles in the Byron Bay area.
A Byron Bay high school student and three other people in Byron Bay have been diagnosed with the highly infectious illness.
Measles is spread through coughing and sneezing.
Paul Corben from the North Coast Public Health Unit says the high school student travelled on the Byron-Bangalow school bus during the contagion period...
Doctor confirms a 12th case of measles in city
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23rd Oct 2013 6:00 AM
A 12TH Ipswich measles case has been confirmed.
West Moreton Hospital and Health Service public health physician Dr Kari Jarvinen said an unknowingly infectious man caught the 4.40pm train from East Ipswich station to Booval station last Thursday then walked through Booval Fair.
"To date 11 of the 12 confirmed measles cases in Ipswich had occurred in adults who were born after 1966," Dr Jarvinen said...
Prisoners test positive to measles at Woodford
Janelle Miles
The Courier-Mail
October 30, 2013 4:47PM
FOUR Woodford Correctional Centre inmates have tested positive to measles with another highly likely to have the disease.
Queensland Health has launched an investigation into whether the cases at the prison, north of Brisbane, are linked to other recent diagnoses in southeast Queensland...
Qld Health confirms Measles outbreak confirmed at Woodford prison, north of Brisbane
By Francis Tapim
Posted 1 hour 42 minutes ago
Queensland Health is preparing to vaccinate 900 prisoners at the Woodford Correctional Centre, north of Brisbane, where there has been a confirmed outbreak of measles.
Tests yesterday confirmed four prisoners have the highly contagious disease, with fifth inmate having symptoms.
Queensland Health says the outbreak is serious but manageable...
Department spokesman Dr Stephen Lambert says one prisoner had symptoms last Tuesday...
Measles warning after two WA children diagnosed
October 31, 2013
PARENTS are being urged to check their children's measles vaccinations records after two WA children were confirmed with the disease.
Health Department director of communicable disease control Paul Armstrong said two unvaccinated children, aged 13 months and 15 months, had been diagnosed with measles this week.
?Neither child has travelled overseas recently, but one of the children is known to have had contact with an adult who recently became infected with measles in Bali,? he said...
Health authorities issue warning after disease brought in from Bali
BRAD CROUCH HEALTH REPORTER
The Advertiser
November 06, 2013 5:43PM
AN extended family has fallen ill with the highly infectious measles virus after a trip to Bali, prompting an urgent public health warning.
Key suburbs at risk include Mt Barker, Glenelg East, Unley and Plympton.
Six people from an metropolitan Adelaide family have come down with the disease prompting SA Health to remind travellers to make sure their vaccinations are up to date before heading overseas.
SA Health Chief Medical Officer Professor Paddy Phillips said the three males and three females aged between seven and 14 were recovering at home after contracting the virus acquired in Bali...
Second case of measles reported in South Australian woman who visited Bali
BRAD CROUCH HEALTH REPORTER
The Advertiser
November 07, 2013 4:34PM
ANOTHER South Australian who visited Bali has fallen ill with measles.
The latest case is a 36-year-old woman but is not linked to the six children aged 7-14 reported yesterday who caught the disease while holidaying in Bali...
Possible contact places and times with the woman include:
VIRGIN Airlines: Denpasar (Bali) to Adelaide flight VA 4194, departed Denpasar 11.55pm (Central Indonesian Time) Tuesday October 29, arrived Adelaide 7.30am (Central Daylight Time) Wednesday October 30.
ADELAIDE Airport immigration, customs and arrivals: Wednesday October 30 from 7.30am to 10.30am
SEAFORD Central Shopping Centre, Commercial Road, Seaford: Thursday October 31 from 12.30pm to 3pm, and Friday 1 November from 11am to 2pm
THE Complete Cycle, 45 Cliff Avenue, Port Noarlunga South: Thursday October 31 in the afternoon
CASA Leisure Seaford Recreation Centre, Grand Boulevard, Seaford: Friday November 1 from 5pm to 8pm
GP Axis Seaford, 672-680 Grand Boulevard, Seaford Meadows: Friday November 1 12pm to 2:30pm, Sunday November 3, 12pm to 2:30pm, and Monday November 4, 12pm to 2:30pm
CLINPATH laboratories collection centre, 672-680 Grand Boulevard, Seaford Meadows: Friday November 1 from 12pm to 2:30pm and Monday November 4 from 12:30pm to 3pm,
NOARLUNGA Health Services Emergency Department, Alexander Kelly Drive, Noarlunga Centre: Monday November 4 from 1.30pm to 11.30pm,
FLINDERS Medical Centre Emergency Department, Flinders Drive, Bedford Park: Monday November 4 from 9.30pm until 3am Tuesday 5 November,
FLINDERS Medical Centre, Bedford Park: in particular ward 6G, Tuesday November 5 and Wednesday November 6
