Measles crisis intensifies as woman in her 40s becomes the fourth case just a week after contracting disease in busy shopping centre Measles crisis in NSW intensifies as woman in 40s becomes fourth case in week Thirty one people have been diagnosed with measles in NSW since Christmas It's believed woman got disease in mid-March visiting Eastwood shopping centre Follows from news earlier in week that two babies caught the disease in Sydney Authorities on Thursday confirmed another woman diagnosed with measles
By Australian Associated Press and Jon Talbot For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 09:17 BST, 5 April 2019 | Updated: 09:17 BST, 5 April 2019
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Australia's measles crisis has intensified with a women in her 40s becoming the fourth case in a week after contracting the disease in a busy shopping centre.
It's believed the woman contracted the disease in mid-March while visiting the Eastwood shopping precinct, including the Eastwood Shopping Centre, in Sydney's northwest.
She spent time in several areas between March 28 and April 4 including Crows Nest and Eastwood while infectious.
NSW Health is urging people who may be susceptible to measles and who may have been in the same locations to be alert for