Two cases of measles per week in New South Wales for 2019

Over the past 100 days, thirty people have been diagnosed with measles in NSW, the last being exposed to the highly contagious disease in a waiting room for general practitioners.

The young woman probably contracted the infection during a medical consultation in Eastwood in mid-March, when an infectious patient infected with measles in Thailand was also present.

The case, confirmed on Thursday, means that the diagnosis rate since Christmas day has averaged more than two per week.

Earlier this week, it was confirmed that two babies too young to be vaccinated had contracted the disease in Sydney.

"We eliminated measles in 2014, but over the years we have had a few outbreaks," Vicky Sheppeard, NSW Health's director of communicable diseases, told APA on Thursday.

"And the most common place to spread measles is in an emergency department of a hospital or in a waiting room for GPs.

"A person with measles coughs the virus in the air and near a doctor or a hospital waiting room, a large number of people are exposed."

Dr. Sheppeard urged people who feel sick and have the symptoms of measles, such as a cough and rash, to call their treating physician in advance.

"So when you arrive, you can be placed in a room away from other people.

"In doctor's offices, we have infants and people with weak immune systems, so it's a high-risk place."

NSW Health warned that the woman diagnosed in the latter case had traveled to several areas from March 28 to April 1, including Epping, Redfern, Alexandria and Auburn.

Those who may have crossed should watch themselves until April 19th.