Dr Paul Kelly, ACT Chief Health Officer, is urging Canberrans to be aware of the symptoms of measles after two cases have been confirmed in the last 2 weeks.
The second case of measles notified to ACT Health visited several public locations in Canberra while infectious, prior to their diagnosis.
Specific exposure sites include:
Thursday 26 October 2017
Spar Express Supermarket - Ngunnawal Shopping Centre
IGA Ngunnawal - Ngunnawal Shopping Centre
Coles Amaroo – Amaroo Village
Friday 27 October 2017
Ngunnawal Pharmacy - Ngunnawal Shopping Centre - approximately 3.00pm
Kmart Gungahlin - Gunghalin Shopping Centre - from 4.00pm – 5.00pm
Hogs Breath Café - Woden – from 8.00pm – 09.30pm
Sunday 29 October 2017
Coles Gungahlin – Gunghalin Village - approximately 6.00pm
Cold Rock Gungahlin - Gunghalin Village - from 6.00pm – 6.45pm
The first case of measles notified to ACT Health visited the following locations:
Tuesday 17 October 2017
Asian Noodle House -Dickson - 7.00pm - 8.30pm
Chemist on Northborne – Canberra City - 7.45pm and 8.45pm
We strongly encourage people who were in the same locations as these cases to keep a close watch for symptoms. These include fever, tiredness, runny nose, sore eyes and a cough, followed by a rash, which appears 2-7 days later.
People generally develop symptoms 7-18 days after being exposed to a person with infectious measles, with 10 days being more common. People are infectious from 5 days before they develop a rash until 4 days after.
Link to media release
Information about measles can be found at: www.health.act.gov.au/publications-reports/fact-sheets/measles
