A one-year-old boy has been diagnosed with measles in Adelaide after he recently returned from overseas with his family.
The state’s health department said it was the sixth case recorded in the state so far this year.
The child is receiving medical care and is in a stable condition.
SA Health has released a list of exposure sites, which includes two flights and several medical facilities:
- Women’s and Children’s Hospital Emergency Department, on Saturday, June 15 from 1.45am to 3.20am
- Premium Care Medical Practice, Shop 105B Hollywood Plaza, Salisbury Downs, on Wednesday, June 12 from 5pm to 6pm and Friday, June 14 from 2pm to 3pm
- Benson Radiology, located in Modbury Hospital, on Thursday, June 13 from 2pm to 3.15pm
- SA Pathology, located in Modbury Hospital, on Thursday, June 13 from 3pm to 4pm
- Adelaide Airport, on Tuesday, June 11 from 11.30pm to Wednesday, June 12 at 12.30am
- Flight QF749 from Sydney to Adelaide, on Tuesday, June 11
- Flight EK416 Dubai to Sydney, arriving on Tuesday, June 11
Symptoms of measles start with fever, cough, runny nose and sore eyes.
As the infection progresses, a blotchy rash will usually appear on the head and then spread down the body.
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