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Pbadengers who were at Sydney Sydney Airport are urged to look for signs of measles after a pbadenger has been infected with the highly infectious virus.
NSW health authorities issued a measles alert after the arrival of the infected man at Sydney Airport on Sunday, February 3 in the morning on Qatar Airway flight 906 from Doha.
He spent three hours in the international terminal before taking the connection to Canberra.
NSW Health stated that the man had become ill before his flight.
QR906 pbadengers and those inside the terminal between 6am and 9am Sunday are invited to look for the signs and symptoms of measles until February 21st.
Measles Alert: pbadengers on Doha flight QR906 in Sydney (February 2) or anyone at Sydney International Airport on Sunday, February 3 should monitor the symptoms of measles. Learn more: https://t.co/M0fep01acn pic.twitter.com/GLQtsDWG46
– NSW Health (@NSWHealth) February 8, 2019
There is no permanent risk of measles for travelers at Sydney Airport, said NSW Health.
"If you develop symptoms, please call your doctor so you do not wait in the waiting room with other patients," said in a statement the director of NSW Health's communicable diseases division, Vicky. Sheppeard.
Measles is a very contagious disease that spreads in the air by coughing and sneezing.
It takes between one week and 18 days before the symptoms of measles start to appear. Fever, sore eyes and a cough are the symptoms, followed by a reddish rash covering the head and body.
This is the ninth NSW Health Measles Alert this year.
Authorities say the risk of introducing measles in Australia is high, due to its outbreaks in popular holiday destinations abroad.
Travelers are urged to consider getting vaccinated before traveling to South and Southeast Asia, where the disease is widespread.
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