Sydney, Sept. 18 -- Australian health authorities have issued a measles alert for Sydney Airport after being notified of a confirmed case who was infectious while traveling.
The Department of Health in the east coast state of New South Wales (NSW) said in an alert issued on Wednesday night that the confirmed case recently returned from Western Australia (WA), where there is an active outbreak of measles, and visited several locations in the state's north while infectious.
Passengers and crew who were on board Virgin Australia flight VA572 from WA's capital of Perth to Sydney on Sept. 12, as well as passengers and crew on flight VA505 from Sydney to Gold Coast Airport on the same day, have been advised to monitor for the development of sym...