PerthNow
August 25, 2017
A FOURTH case of measles has been confirmed in a student from the Perth Waldorf School in Bibra Lake.
The WA Health Department’s Virus Watch bulletin has confirmed the latest case, with three students contracting the disease from a high school student who developed measles after a holiday in Italy which is in the midst of a measles epidemic.
August 25, 2017
A FOURTH case of measles has been confirmed in a student from the Perth Waldorf School in Bibra Lake.
The WA Health Department’s Virus Watch bulletin has confirmed the latest case, with three students contracting the disease from a high school student who developed measles after a holiday in Italy which is in the midst of a measles epidemic.
The department said all four students who developed measles were unvaccinated.
The school, which is believed to have a high rate of unvaccinated students, recently agreed to a Health Department offer to set up an immunisation clinic at the school.
The school, which is believed to have a high rate of unvaccinated students, recently agreed to a Health Department offer to set up an immunisation clinic at the school.
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/fourth-perth-waldorf-school-student-contracts-measles/news-story/c5dcd5f2979ff00f3ce20f376132aa61
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