Babies probably caught measles in Sydney

Two infants with measles probably contracted the infection in Sydney, according to health authorities.

NSW Health released Tuesday its 15th measles warning for the year after the infection of two babies too young to be vaccinated in mid – March.

An eight-month-old boy probably contracted the disease in the Haymarket area and was contagious when he went to a Korean restaurant in Strathfield on March 26, at a coffee shop in Hurstville on March 27, and at the emergency of the day. St George's Hospital on March 30th.

The other baby, 11 months old, probably contracted the disease in Eastwood before going to shopping malls in Eastwood, Castle Hill and Kellyville in the last week of March.

NSW has registered 46 cases of measles between January 2017 and November 2018.

Some 28 cases have been recorded in the last four months.

The Ministry of Health has stated that maintaining high rates of measles immunization in the community reduces the risk of measles being imported by travelers and then spreading locally.

"Herd immunity protects those who can not be vaccinated, such as infants and people whose immune systems are weakened," said Dr. Vicky Sheppeard, director of NSW Health for Communicable Diseases, in a statement. .

The measles vaccine is free for people born since 1966.