Overview

• The two new cases are connected to a cluster first detected in July across Perth and the Pilbara region.
• WA Health has listed flights between Perth and Bali, Perth Airport terminals and Newman Airport among recent exposure sites.
• Acting Communicable Disease Control director Clare Huppatz said international travel remains the most likely source of infection.
• The two-dose MMR vaccine is free for anyone born after 1965, and those aged 30 to 60 face heightened risk due to lower immunity levels.
• Government data indicate 77 Australians were diagnosed with measles between January and May 2025, most of whom were unvaccinated travellers.