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Vaccine clinic opens after four teens infected in measles outbreak

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  • Four teenagers from Brighton Secondary School have tested positive for measles, having attended places including a shopping centre and a supermarket.
  • SA Health issued a measles outbreak alert yesterday after three teenagers contracted the infectious disease.
  • SA Health and the Holdfast Bay Council have established a temporary vaccination clinic for the Brighton Secondary School community, which will operate at the Brighton Masonic Hall on 1 Commercial Road at Brighton from 2pm-6pm on Friday.
  • Measles takes seven to 18 days to incubate and two weeks for a rash to appear.
  • Professor Spurrier said measles had been increasing in countries that had before eradicated the disease, including the US, UK and Canada.

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Four teenagers from Brighton Secondary School have tested positive for measles, having attended places including a shopping centre and a supermarket.

People who believe they may be infected with measles are advised to call their doctor before visiting any clinic.

A temporary vaccination service has been set up for a school community in Adelaide's southern suburbs after four students tested positive for measles.

SA Health issued a measles outbreak alert yesterday after three teenagers contracted the infectious disease.

The health authority said those cases were linked to a positive infection in another teenager reported on September 14, who had returned from overseas.

SA Health and the Holdfast Bay Council have established a temporary vaccination clinic for the Brighton Secondary School community, which will operate at the Brighton Masonic Hall on 1 Commercial Road at Brighton from 2pm-6pm on Friday.

South Australia now has eight cases this year, the highest since 2016.

SA Health said the teenagers were in multiple places while infectious, including a school and a shopping centre.

Measles takes seven to 18 days to incubate and two weeks for a rash to appear.

Two doses of a measles-containing vaccine are considered effective at preventing illness.

Professor Spurrier said measles had been increasing in countries that had before eradicated the disease, including the US, UK and Canada.

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  • ABC News Vaccine clinic opens after four teens infected in measles outbreak plain
  • WAtoday Four people infected with measles after outbreak at Adelaide school plain
  • The West Australian Four students at Adelaide school diagnosed with measles, emergency vaccine clinic opened plain

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