Articles / Why People Born Between 1966 and 1994 Are at Greater Risk of Measles – and what to Do About It


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Infectious Disease Specialist; Director, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS)
Australia was declared free of measles in 2014. Yet this summer we’ve seen nine cases of measles in New South Wales, and others in Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland.
High vaccination rates in Australia means the measles virus doesn’t continuously spread, but we still have “wildfire” outbreaks when travellers bring measles into the country, often unknowingly.
If you haven’t received two doses of measles vaccine, you are at risk of contracting measles.

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