2020 - Infectious disease alerts

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) alerts

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

May 2020

Rare infection from possum scratch prompts warning [20 May 2020]
Reminder to clean cooling towers to manage exposure to bacteria causing legionnaires' disease [18 May 2020]

February 2020

Measles alerts

Media releases:
- Infant traveller latest measles case (SESLHD) [6 February 2020]
- Measles alert for Western Sydney (WSLHD) [5 February 2020]
- Measles alert for Camperdown (SLHD) [4 February 2020]
- Measles alert after new case confirmed (SESLHD) [02 February 2020]

January 2020

Measles alerts

Media releases:

Be alert for measles symptoms (SWSLHD) [22 January 2020
Free vaccine uptake urged following two more locally acquired cases [16 January 2020]
Another locally-acquired measles case [10 January 2020]
Five measles cases acquired in Sydney [04 January 2020]
Measles alert following second case in Sydney [03 January 2020]
Measles alert after case diagnosed in Sydney [01 January 2020].

Clinician alerts:
- General Practitioners, Emergency Departments, and Community Pharmacists [09 January 2020].

Current as at: Monday 18 January 2021

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