Health Alerts

The US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) has issued a travel advisory in response to increased numbers of measles cases in returning travellers from areas such as Bali, as reported by various countries including Australia. Other countries identified in the Watch Level 1 measles advisory are Romania, Ukraine, Italy and DR of Congo. Read more

Some adults are also to be vaccinated against diphtheria in the ongoing campaign mounted by the Jakarta government in response to the increase in cases recorded last year in the capital region – this takes the number of residents to be targeted with preventive vaccines to 1.9 million. Read more