Australians have been warned to monitor for measles symptoms after an infected traveller visited several locations around Sydney while contagious.
New South Wales Health has flagged three specific locations in the city’s inner-west that were visited by the sick Australian, who recently returned from southeast Asia.
The high-risk places were Metro Petroleum at 379 Enmore Road on Thursday, November 7 between 6.15am and 7am; Philter Brewing Public Bar at 92-98 Sydenham Road at Marrickville on the same day between 6.30pm and 10pm; and Marrickville Medical Centre at 5/296 Marrickville Road on Sunday, November 10 between 9.15am and 11am.
Sydney Local Health District Acting Director of Public Health Dr Isabel Hess said symptoms of measles can take as long as 18 days to appear after a person is exposed to the disease.
‘While these locations pose no ongoing risk, if you, or someone you know, visited the above locations at those times you should monitor for symptoms,’ Sydney Local Health District Acting Director of Public Health Dr Isabel Hess said.
‘Symptoms to watch out for include fever, sore eyes and a cough, usually followed three or four days later by a red, blotchy rash that spreads from the head and face to the rest of the body.
‘It can take up to 18 days for symptoms to appear after an exposure, so it’s important for people who visited these locations to look out for symptoms up until 28 November 2024.’
Symptoms can take as long as 18 days to appear in some exposed patients.
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