{"id":268553,"date":"2025-11-07T10:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T10:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/268553\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T10:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T10:11:10","slug":"measles-several-exposure-sites-in-south-west-great-southern-after-two-new-cases-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/268553\/","title":{"rendered":"Measles: Several exposure sites in South West, Great Southern after two new cases confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Measles cases in Western Australia are at a three-decade high as health authorities added more than a dozen new exposure sites across the South West and Great Southern regions this week.<\/p>\n

The Department of Health said two new cases of measles had been confirmed, a locally acquired case in the South West related to a returned traveller from Indonesia reported late last month, and another case in the Great Southern from a recent returned traveller from Indonesia.<\/p>\n

Shops, a brewery, a regional emergency department and Perth International Airport are among the latest exposure sites added to the public health alert.<\/p>\n

Anyone at the below locations during the specified times should monitor for symptoms of the highly contagious virus between seven and 18 days from exposure.<\/p>\n

Symptoms usually develop after about 10 days and include fever, fatigue, runny nose, cough and sore eyes. These symptoms are typically followed by a red, blotchy rash three to four days later, starting on the face before spreading to the rest of the body.<\/p>\n

There have been 54 cases of measles in WA this year. The last time cases exceeded the current caseload was 1997, when 82 cases were recorded.<\/p>\n

Health authorities are urging people born after 1965 to make sure they\u2019ve had two documented doses of a measles-containing vaccine at some stage in their life.<\/p>\n

Contact tracing continues and further exposure locations may be added to the public health alert<\/a> in coming days.<\/p>\n

New exposure sites: Monday 3\/11\/2025 4:30pm to Tuesday 4\/11\/2025 11:30am, Albany Health Campus Emergency Department 30 Warden Ave, Spencer ParkMonday 3\/11\/2025, 3:50pm to 4:45pm, Bodycare Physiotherapy \u2013 Pool area, corner North Rd & Lion St, Centennial ParkSunday 2\/11\/2025, 4:30pm to 6:30pm, Boston Brewery Co, 678 South Coast Hwy, DenmarkSunday 2\/11\/2025, 12:45pm to 2:00pm, Treendale Shopping Centre, 10 The Promenade, AustralindSunday 2\/11\/2025, 1:00pm to 1:40pm, Red Dot Home, Treendale Shopping Centre, 10 The Promenade, AustralindSunday 2\/11\/2025, 1:05pm to 1:40pm, Bakers Delight, Shop 9, Treendale Shopping Centre, 10 The Promenade, AustralindSunday 2\/11\/2025, 1:10pm to 1:45pm, Woolworths Treendale, 10 Ditchingham Pl, AustralindSaturday 1\/11\/2025, 12:00pm to 12:30pm, Public Disabled Toilet, Corner Albany Hwy and Broomehill-Kojonup Rd, KojonupFriday 31\/10\/2025, 4:00pm to 4:40pm, Perth International Airport, Bus to Long Term Car Park H, 2 George Wiencke Dr, Perth AirportFriday 31\/10\/2025, 3:10pm to 4:30pm, Perth International Airport, Terminal 1, 2 George Wiencke Dr, Perth AirportFriday 31\/10\/2025, 10:00am to 11:30am, Cowaramup Newsagency and Post Office, 68 Bussell Hwy, CowaramupThursday 30\/10\/2025, 10:00am to 11:30am, Treendale TyrePower, 139 Grand Ent, TreendaleTuesday 28\/10\/2025, 10:30am to 11:15am, Donnybrook Post Office, 54 South Western Hwy, DonnybrookTuesday 28 \/10\/2025, 10:15am to 10:45am, Donnybrook IGA, 38 South Western Hwy, DonnybrookMonday 27\/10\/2025, 11:00am to 7:00pm, Margaret River Hospital Emergency Department, Farrelly St, Margaret RiverMonday 27\/10\/2025, 2:00pm to 2:45pm, Salvo\u2019s Stores, Bunbury, 53 Albert Rd, BunburyMonday 27\/10\/2025, 2:30pm to 3:15pm, Bonnie\u2019s Op Shop, 61 Albert Rd, BunburyWednesday 22\/10\/2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm, Vasse Village by Bunbury Farmers Market, 4 Orchard Pl, Vasse<\/p>\n

healthdirect 1800 022 222<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Measles cases in Western Australia are at a three-decade high as health authorities added more than a dozen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135983,64,63,156504,137,44,1836],"class_list":["post-268553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-albany-advertiser","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-great-southern-herald","tag-health","tag-news","tag-public-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}