2025 - Infectious disease alerts

​​​​​​​​June 2025​

Clinician alert:

• Clinician alert: ​ Influenza Update: Information for GPs and clinicians [24 June 2025]​

Media releases:

• Measles alert for Sydney​ [30 June 2025]
  
• Measles alert for Sydney - [20 June 2025]
• Measles alert for Murrumbidgee region - [20 June 2025]

​​​​​​​​April 2025​

Legionella alerts

Media release:

• ​Update: Legionnaire's Sydney CDB outb​​​reak​​ [17 April 2025]​​​​

Clinician alerts:

• ​NSW further expands free access to Japanese encephalitis vaccine​ [16 April 2025]​
• Legionnaire's disease- Sydney CBD: Information for GPs and clinicians​ [9 Apri​l 2025]

Measles alerts

Media releases:

• Measles alert for Inner West Sydney - [17 April 2025]
• ​​Measles alert for St M​arys and Kingswood​ - Nepean Blue Mountain Local Health District [8 April 2025]
• Measles alert for Byron Bay and Surrounds​​​ - Northern NSW Local Health District [6 April 2025]
• Measles alert for Sydney's Easte​rn Suburbs​ -South Eastern Sydney Local Health District [2 April 2025]

March 2025

Antimicrobial resistant gonorrhoea alert​

• ​Clinician alert: Antimicrobial resistant gonorrhoea update for GPs and clinicians​ [28 March 2025]​

Measles alerts

​​Media releases:

• Measles alert for Sydney Airport and western NSW  [26 March 2025]
• Measles al​ert for Newcastle a​nd Lake Macquarie areas​​​​​ -  Hunter New England Local Health Disctrict [25 March 2025]
• Measles alert for Sydney [18 March 2025] - This alert is no longer active
  
• Measles alert for Sydney​ [14 March 2025] - This alert is no longer active
• Measles alert for Central Coast​ - Central Coast Local Health District [05 March 2025] - This alert is no longer active​

Clinician alerts:​

• Clinician alert: Measles update for GPs and clinicians [12 March 2025]

Abrysvo alert

• Clinician alert: Abrysvo vaccin​e administration errors [17 March 2025]

​February 2025

Japanese encephalitis alerts:

• NSW records first death of person ​​​with Japa​nese encephalitis since 2022​ [25 February 2025]​
• First Japanese encephalitis case this summer​ [15 February 2025]

Measles alerts​​:

• Measles alert for Li​​smore, Casino and Kyogle​​​​​​ - Northern NSW Local Health District [28 February 2025]​​​​​- This alert is no longer active

• Measles alert for ​Western Sydney [26 February 2025]​- This alert is no longer active
• Measles alert for Sydney​ [21 February 2025]- This alert is no longer active
• New measles alert f​​​​​or Lismore​​ - Northern NSW Local Health District [19 ​​February 2025] - This alert is no longer active
• Measles alert for Lismore ​​​ - Northern NSW Local Health District [9 February 2025] - This alert is no longer active
  

January 2025

Botulism alert

• ​Clinician alert: Suspected Botulism following unregulated cosmetic injections [24 January 2025]

Measles alerts:

• Measles alert for Sydney Airport  [24 Jan​u​ary 2025] - This alert is no longer active
• Measles alert for Western Sydney​ [23 January 2025] - This alert is no longer active