Measles alert in Sydney after traveller infected in Japan visits Concord Repatriation General Hospital and Burwood Crowne Plaza
People who were at listed locations are being told to stay alert to symptoms.
Sydneysiders have been warned to stay alert after another measles case was confirmed in a traveller returning from a country experiencing a surge in infections.
NSW Health issued an alert on Monday after confirming the new case, bringing the total number of measles infections in NSW to 45 so far in 2026.
The person is believed to have caught the disease during a holiday in Japan, where cases have recently been rising.
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They also visited multiple locations across Sydney while unknowingly infectious, including Concord Repatriation General Hospital and Crowne Plaza in Burwood.
A full list of exposure sites is being updated regularly and is available on the NSW Health website.
People who attended these locations have been urged to monitor for symptoms.
While those locations no longer pose any health threat, anyone who was there at the relevant times less than six days after the exposure should monitor for symptoms over the next few weeks.
Pregnant women, people with weakened immune systems, or infants who attended one of the listed locations and it has been less than six days since that exposure are advised to contact their local Public Health Unit on 1300 066 055.
“If symptoms develop and you’ve been at one of the locations at the time listed on the website, see your doctor or health service, including an emergency department,” said Sydney Local Health District Public Health Unit Deputy Director Dr Isabel Hess.
“Call ahead to let them know that you may have come into contact with measles so you don’t spend time in waiting rooms with other patients.”
She said symptoms may include fever, runny nose, sore eyes and a cough, usually followed three or four days later by a red, blotchy rash that spreads from the head 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 for this period,” she said.
Measles is a highly contagious but vaccine-preventable disease that spreads through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes.
Hess reminded the community to ensure they are up to date with their vaccinations.
“Anyone born after 1965 needs to ensure they have had two doses of measles vaccine. This is especially important before overseas travel, as measles outbreaks are occurring in several regions of the world at the moment,” she siad.
The measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine is free in NSW for anyone born after 1965 who has not already had two doses, as well as for children at 12 months and 18 months of age.
Originally published on 7NEWS
