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Measles alert for Perth flights

AAPWestern Suburbs Weekly

A MEASLES alert has been issued for Western Australia after an infected person travelled on international flights between Singapore and Perth.

The person arrived in Perth from Singapore on July 13 on Scoot Airways and left on the same date, the WA Department of Health said.

The measles alert is for people who travelled on both the inbound Scoot flight and the outbound back to Singapore.

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People who travelled on the same flights as the infected person should be alert for signs and symptoms of measles until July 31 if they are not immune to the disease, the department said in a statement on Tuesday.