A couple's return from vacation in Asia has prompted a full-scale health alert across two states.
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NSW and Queensland have been issued an alert for measles this week, after what has been described as the worst outbreak in five years.
Health experts continue to promote the value of keeping immunisations up-to-date.
Babies aged under 12-months are too young to have received their first measles immunisation, while those up to 18-months old may not have had their full dose.
But in the past two years, 93 per cent of preschoolers in the Riverina have been vaccinated.
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"Two doses were given to most people born after 1966, so we recommend people know if they've had them," said Alison Nikitas, acting director of public health.
Some adults in their 30s may have also missed the two-dose strategy.
The resurgence of the virus has fallen in proximity to a time of much population movement, which has made for a more pertinent response.
"People are travelling so much these days, and school holidays are coming up," said Ms Nikitas.
"It's possible someone who otherwise wouldn't be in the same place as an infected person, could have contact with the virus."
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