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The health department said two Australians recently acquired measles while in Bali, where there has been a significant increase in confirmed cases throughout 2022 and 2023, according to the World Health Organisation.
“Measles can be very severe and people with measles often require hospitalisation, however it is almost completely preventable through vaccination,” Selvey said. Measles begins as cold-like symptoms, such as sore eyes, fever, cough and runny nose, before a distinctive blotchy, red rash appears across the body three to four days later.
“People born prior to 1966 are likely to have had measles infection and are generally considered immune,” it said.
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