A measles alert has been issued in NSW after a man became the seventh person in the state to have been infected with the illness since Christmas.
NSW Health on Friday said people usually catch measles during overseas travel but there have recently been several locally acquired cases in and around Sydney.
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“The number of recent cases with exposures in and around Sydney means many people may have been exposed locally and could be developing symptoms now or over the coming days and weeks,” NSW Health communicable disease acting director Christine Selvey said in a statement.
The man, whose vaccination history is unable to be verified, travelled to Woolworths Matraville, Central Auto Care in St Peters, ER McNamara Smash Repairs in Sydenham and Hungry Jack’s in St Peters between January 6 to 9.