Measles alert for West End and Stradbroke Island

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Queensland Health has issued an alert about yet another measles case yesterday in Brisbane.

In West End on 22 and 23 January an adult male visited numerous stores on Boundary St, including a barber shop.

In the morning of 24 January he visited Coles Supermarket. Then the Stradbroke Barge at 5 pm.

Metro South Health (MSH) public health physician Dr Brad McCall said, “all Brisbane residents needed to be alert for symptoms, particularly those who may have come into contact with the first most recent patient on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th January, or with the other patient on the flight or at the IGA in Carina on Tuesday 21 January.”

For more information regarding the measles alert see: http://www.health.qld.gov.au/news/stories/140128-measles.asp

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