Thousands of people are being told to be on the lookout for measles symptoms, after an infectious person visited a popular Gold Coast event.
The Gold Coast Public Health Unit issued an alert on Tuesday afternoon, confirming a person attended Sea World’s ‘Spooky Night’s event while unknowingly infectious.
“Anyone who visited the Sea World ‘Spooky Nights’ event (including the exit gift shop) on Friday 24 October between 6:30pm–9pm may have been exposed to the virus,” the alert states.
“While this location does not pose an ongoing risk, people who attended this location should be on the lookout for signs and symptoms up to and including Tuesday 11 November.”
Gold Coast Health said measles is a highly contagious infection which can be associated with severe complications.
Symptoms to lookout for include fever, cough, runny nose, sore eyes and a red spotty rash.
The time from contact with the virus until onset of symptoms is typically 10 days but may be anywhere up to 18 days.
