SA Health is urging the public to be aware of measles symptoms after a three-year-old boy came down with the virus upon returning from overseas.
abc.net.au/news/sa-records-first-measles-case-in-three-years/102144922South Australia has recorded its first case of measles since 2019, with a three-year-old boy catching the infection overseas — where measles case numbers are on the rise.More measles cases are expected after global immunisation levels dropped during the COVID-19 pandemicSA Health was notified of the case after the boy attended the Women's and Children's Hospital emergency department on Thursday.
"People can become quite unwell with measles, generally just feeling yucky, but then they can develop ear infections, pneumonia and inflammation of the brain and, unfortunately, some people will die from measles." "Measles rash will typically begin on the head or neck and then spread down. It starts as a smaller rash and then spreads down and becomes more widespread, a botchy type rash," she said.The measles vaccination is part of the National Immunisation Program, with children receiving their first dose at 12 months of age and a second dose when they are 18 months old.
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