NSW Health is asking anyone who may have been at John Hunter Hospital's Emergency Department on Sunday to be on the lookout for measles symptoms.
A teenager travelling from Brisbane to Newcastle was unaware he had contracted the disease and was infectious when he visited the emergency department on the afternoon and evening of January 6th.
Anyone who believes they were there at the same time should remain alert until the end of January, as it can take up to 3 weeks for symptoms to present.
The news follows a report last week that a child diagnosed with the disease in Sydney has visited Pokolbin while infectious.
Measles symptoms include fever, sore eyes and a cough followed three or four days later by a red, blotchy rash spreading from the head and neck to the rest of the body.
The infection is highly contagious and is spread in the air through coughing or sneezing by a person infected with the disease.
NSW Health warns infants under 12 months of age and adults who have not had two doses of measles vaccines are most vulnerable to the infection.
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