<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Measles is circulating undetected through </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/adelaide" rel="" target="_blank" title="Adelaide"><span>Adelaide</span></a><span>, SA Health has warned, after a new case was detected in an adult.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The person contracted the disease locally and had not been travelling.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>SA Health has notified the public of a number of locations the person visited while infectious, warning people who were there at the time may have been exposed:</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/xi-jinping-and-vladimir-putin-closer-ties/824484ee-4654-4ba0-818d-4833b0614729" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>The phone call that will have the world on notice</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><span>9.42am Adelaide Metro Tram from Forestville to Royal Adelaide Hospital, on January 27</span></li><li><span>10.11am Adelaide Metro Tram from Royal Adelaide Hospital to South Terrace, on January 27</span></li><li><span>BHP, 10 Franklin Street Adelaide, on January 27, 9.45am to 5.30pm</span></li><li><span>Rolls n Rice, 6/118 King William Street, Adelaide, on January 27, 12.45pm to 1.30pm</span></li><li><span>48 Flavours, 248 Unley Road, Hyde Park, on January 27, 5pm to 6pm</span></li><li><span>Unley Swimming Centre, Ethel St, Forestville, on January 26, 4pm to 6.30pm</span></li></ul></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/bondi-junction-westfields-mass-stabbing-inquest-to-deliver-findings-today/73119297-2e67-4de1-b034-4c273ee1824b" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Heartbroken families to hear answers over Bondi Junction mass stabbing</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>However, the locations do not pose an ongoing threat.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/measles-circulating-undetected-in-adelaide-sa-health-warns/1d12adaa-415c-49df-9f41-2d630a67332b" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>SA Health urged anybody who isn't fully immunised, and was in the locations at the times listed above, to be alert for symptoms during the next few weeks and to see a doctor if they become ill.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Measles is highly contagious, and can lead to severe health complications, including pneumonia and encephalitis.</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/e-bikes-calls-for-more-limits-how-old-riders-have-to-be-state-by-state/3001b4a8-466b-4151-a07f-b01e7d67d5bc" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>The lone Aussie state that puts age limits on e-bike riders</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Early symptoms of measles include fever, cough, runny nose, and sore eyes, followed by a blotchy rash which usually begins on the head and then spreads down the body.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>People seeking to get tested for measles need to call their doctor before any visit and tell them why they are attending, so precautions can be taken to avoid spreading the disease.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The best way to avoid measles is vaccination, with two doses needed to provide the best protection.</span><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Measles vaccination is on the National Immunisation Program for children at 12 months and 18 months of age.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>South Australia now funds the measles vaccine for adults born during or after 1966 who have not received two doses, and children aged six months to less than 12 months who are travelling overseas.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>All South Australians are encouraged to check their vaccination records and request the vaccine if there is no record of them receiving two doses.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a 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