<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An alert has been issued for flights and a city airport after a passenger was diagnosed with measles.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two flights and both the international and domestic terminals at Sydney Airport were visited by two infectious people.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/nsw" rel="" target="_blank" title="NSW"><span>NSW</span></a><span> Health said both caught the disease outside the city, with one returning from South-East </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/asia" rel="" target="_blank" title="Asia"><span>Asia</span></a><span> and the other from interstate.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/anna-murdoch-mann-dead-news-corp-rupert-murdoch-ex-wife/2f7675e0-3c69-4c0f-872c-6870dd2f1b78"><strong><span>Rupert Murdoch's ex-wife and former News Corp director dies aged 81</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Passengers who were on Garuda </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/indonesia" rel="" target="_blank" title="Indonesia"><span>Indonesia</span></a><span> Flight 712 from Jakarta to Sydney on Tuesday, February 17, and Jetstar Flight 505 from Sydney to </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="_blank" title="Melbourne"><span>Melbourne</span></a><span> should monitor for symptoms until March 8.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The person also visited Northern Beaches Hospital, Brookvale Medicare Urgent Care Clinic on the northern beaches, and Advanced Health Pharmacy in Blacktown in the city's west between February 14 and February 18.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/brisbane-synagogue-ramming-man-charged/aa6ae3ff-9c6e-4220-a022-c74cc078bb59" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Man charged after allegedly ramming Brisbane synagogue with ute</span></strong></a></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/measles-alert-sydney-airport-nsw/d71b2ba8-120f-481a-b55a-be109cbdbf4f" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/health" rel="" target="_blank" title="Health"><span>Health</span></a><span> experts warned symptoms can take up to 18 days to appear, but have told people to "be alert".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Symptoms to watch out for include fever, runny nose, sore eyes and a cough, usually followed three or four days later by a red, blotchy rash that spreads from the head to the rest of the body," Dr Vicky Sheppeard said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/cybercrime-squad-charge-man-over-5-million-crypto-investment-scam-targeting-vulnerable-australians/3b7310ab-1cbb-4b03-a1a1-610f7b274c77" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Sydney man charged over involvement in $5m scam</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The disease spreads in the air when someone who is infectious coughs or sneezes, but a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/vaccine" rel="" target="_blank" title="vaccine"><span>vaccine</span></a><span> can prevent it.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We want to remind the community to make sure they are up to date with their </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/vaccination" rel="" target="_blank" title="vaccinations"><span>vaccinations</span></a><span>. The measles vaccine can prevent the disease even after exposure, if given early enough," Sheppeard said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The measles-mumps-rubella vaccine is free for anyone in New South Wales who was born after 1965 and hasn't had two doses.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></strong></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><p><em><strong><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><em><strong><span>Apple</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&hl=en_AU&pli=1"><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a></p></li><li><p><em><strong><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w"><em><strong><span>ticking this box here</span></strong></em></a></p></li><li><p><em><strong><span>Sign up to</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine"><em><strong><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></strong></em></a></p></li></ul></div></div>
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