Measles Alert Issued for Campbelltown Area Following Confirmed Case

NSW Health has issued a health alert advising residents in the Campbelltown area to monitor for measles symptoms after a confirmed case was identified in a returned traveller from South East Asia.

According to health authorities, the individual visited multiple sites across the Campbelltown area, as well as locations in Concord and Rooty Hill, while unknowingly infectious. NSW Health stated that the visited sites do not pose an ongoing risk, though a regularly updated list of exposure locations and times has been published on its website.

Dr Stephen Conaty, Acting Clinical Director of the South Western Sydney Local Health District Public Health Unit, urged individuals who visited the designated locations to remain vigilant for signs of the illness.

Symptoms typically begin with a fever, sore eyes, a runny nose, and a cough, followed three to four days later by a red, blotchy rash that spreads from the head and face across the body. Dr Conaty noted that symptoms can take up to 18 days to appear following exposure.

People who were present at the listed locations and develop symptoms are advised to call ahead before visiting a general practitioner, health service, or emergency department to prevent potential transmission in waiting rooms. Anyone who develops an unexplained rash after initial symptoms is also encouraged to seek testing, regardless of whether they visited the identified exposure sites.

NSW Health advised individuals who are pregnant, immunocompromised, or parents of exposed infants to contact their local Public Health Unit if fewer than six days have elapsed since potential exposure.

The agency reported that 56 measles cases have been confirmed since 1 January 2026. Health officials reiterated the importance of vaccination, noting that the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine is free in NSW for children at 12 and 18 months, as well as for anyone born after 1965 who has not received two doses.

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