Overview

• BHP’s Newman Operations confirmed a measles case in a worker who flew from Newman to Perth on July 2, prompting several colleagues to isolate as a precaution.
• Qantas confirmed that a flight crew member contracted measles after an early July flight and has conducted internal contact tracing for exposed staff.
• WA Health identified two locally acquired cases this week in people with no recent interstate or overseas travel, indicating undetected community transmission.
• Notified exposure sites span flights between Perth, Newman and Port Hedland, plus public venues including Crown Casino, Perth Airport and Scarborough locations.
• Authorities advise anyone who attended listed exposure sites between June 23 and July 8 to monitor for symptoms for 7 to 18 days and highlight that two MMR doses or birth before 1966 confers immunity.