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Measles health alert issued for Australian state of Victoria

Measles health alert issued for Australian state of Victoria

Sydney, Apr 29 (UNI) Authorities in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria have issued a health alert for measles amid a spike in cases.
The Victorian Department of Health on Monday said that a new measles case has been reported in a returned traveller who visited Pakistan and was infectious on a flight from Dubai to Melbourne on April 24.
The department said on Friday that there had been 22 confirmed cases of measles in Victoria in 2025 - more than in 2023 and 2024 combined. It said the majority of cases have been acquired locally in Melbourne and surrounding areas.

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