2015 - Infectious disease alerts

* Please also refer to NSW Health media releases site for important public health information and warnings.

December 2015

• Measles Alert: Two confirmed cases in Inner West and Western Sydney of highly contagious disease [16 December 2015].  General Practice Measles Alert and  Emergency Department Measles Alert
• Infection Control Breaches in a Sydney Dental Practice [15 December 2015 - this alert is no longer current]

November 2015

•  Human parechovirus alert for NSW emergency departments and paediatricians [23 November 2015]

October 2015

• NSW Health warns of deadly Lyssaviruses with start of bat breeding season [20 October 2015]
• NSW Health warns viral gastroenteritis outbreaks on the rise in childcare centres and aged care facilities [01 October 2015]

September 2015

•  Infection Control Breaches in Four Sydney Dental Practices - Additional Patients Identified [22 September 2015 - this alert is no longer current]

August 2015

• Influenza (Flu) alert [27 August 2015]

July 2015

• Infection Control Breaches in Four Sydney Dental Practices [2 July 2015 - this alert is no longer current]

June 2015

• MERS-CoV alert [11 June 2015]

March 2015

• NSW Health mosquito and arbovirus alert [18 March 2015]
• NSW Health reminding of the importance and protective benefits of rotavirus vaccine [09 March 2015]

February 2015

• NSW Health hepatitis A alert update [17 February 2015]
• NSW Health urges people to watch for hepatitis symptoms [Hepatitis A and Frozen Berries, 15 February 2015]
• Case of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) [11 February 2015] 

January 2015

• NSW Health warning to be on alert for measles [23 January 2015]
  
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