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The Australian
5 days ago
- Health
- The Australian
Measles alert for Perth and the Pilbara
Fly-in-fly-out workers have been urged to get a measles vaccination after two new cases were detected in Western Australia. Authorities said the new cases were linked to a cluster that was identified in Perth and the Pilbara last month. WA Health director of communicable disease control Clare Huppatz said people travelling overseas or to mine sites should check their vaccination status. 'Measles is highly infectious and continues to pose a risk to non-immune people working on mine sites in regional WA,' she said. Two more measles cases have been identified in WA and are linked a cluster detected in Perth and the Pilbara last month. 'However, international travel is still the most likely source of measles.' Dr Huppatz said people aged between 30 and 60 years were most at risk and were less likely to have been fully vaccinated or previously exposed to measles. 'This is why I encourage anyone aged between 30 and 60 years, whether you are travelling for work or holidays, to check you are vaccinated against measles.' Early symptoms include fever, tiredness, cough, runny nose, and sore eyes, followed by a red non-itchy rash three to four days later. The measles vaccine is free to anyone born after 1965, offers a high level of protection against the disease, and prevents spread in the community and can be accessed through a GP or pharmacist. People can check WA Health for the latest exposure sites which included flights between Perth and Bali. 'Early symptoms include fever, tiredness, cough, runny nose, and sore eyes, followed by a red non-itchy rash three to four days later,' Dr Huppatz said. 'The rash usually starts on the face and spreads to the rest of the body and people usually feel very unwell.' Read related topics: Vaccinations
News.com.au
5 days ago
- Health
- News.com.au
FIFO workers are on alert after measles detected in the Pilbara and Perth
Fly-in-fly-out workers have been urged to get a measles vaccination after two new cases were detected in Western Australia. Authorities said the new cases were linked to a cluster that was identified in Perth and the Pilbara last month. WA Health director of communicable disease control Clare Huppatz said people travelling overseas or to mine sites should check their vaccination status. 'Measles is highly infectious and continues to pose a risk to non-immune people working on mine sites in regional WA,' she said. 'However, international travel is still the most likely source of measles.' Dr Huppatz said people aged between 30 and 60 years were most at risk and were less likely to have been fully vaccinated or previously exposed to measles. 'This is why I encourage anyone aged between 30 and 60 years, whether you are travelling for work or holidays, to check you are vaccinated against measles.' The measles vaccine is free to anyone born after 1965, offers a high level of protection against the disease, and prevents spread in the community and can be accessed through a GP or pharmacist. People can check WA Health for the latest exposure sites which included flights between Perth and Bali. 'Early symptoms include fever, tiredness, cough, runny nose, and sore eyes, followed by a red non-itchy rash three to four days later,' Dr Huppatz said. 'The rash usually starts on the face and spreads to the rest of the body and people usually feel very unwell.'
Washington Post
02-08-2025
- Washington Post
Rescue workers in Chile find the body of one of 5 miners trapped in a copper mine
BOGOTA, Colombia — Rescue teams found a body inside a section of a Chilean copper mine that collapsed two days earlier during a moderate earthquake, the mine's director said Saturday. Rescuers have been trying to reach five miners who were trapped Thursday evening in the El Teniente mine in central Chile as rocks collapsed around them during a 4.2 magnitude quake. The copper mine is one of Chile's largest.
Yahoo
01-08-2025
- Yahoo
Old images mislead about taxi violence in South Africa
Spates of taxi-related violence in South Africa are commonplace and usually deadly. Images of minibus taxis set alight in North West province began circulating on social media in July, but the context is misleading; the pictures were taken in 2022 after community members clashed with taxi drivers and set their vehicles on fire. Since then, the images continue to resurface out of context. 'Taxis set alight in Sisa North West. Members of the community became angry after Taxi drivers stopped vehicles with more than three occupants on their way to work forcing them to use their Taxis,' reads a Facebook post published on July 24, 2025. The post, shared more than 3,400 times, includes two pictures of burning minibuses — vehicles commonly used in South Africa's informal public transport sector. Similar posts circulated on X, garnering over 13,000 likes, and on TikTok and Instagram. However, the claims are misleading. 2022 violence A reverse image search revealed that the pictures have been online for more than three years and first featured in local articles and community newspapers that described two taxis set alight at Thembelani Mine in Rustenberg in the North West province (archived here and here). 'The incident occurred after some taxi operators had allegedly beaten up three mineworkers for taking away their business by ferrying passengers using their vehicles,' Platinum Weekly, a local community paper, reported on May 20, 2022. The photos were also published on X, with the same caption as the claims circulating in 2025 (archived here). The same claim was debunked in 2024 after another X user posted the misleading pictures (archived here). Provincial police spokesperson Sabata Mokgwabone told AFP Fact Check on August 1, 2025, that they are 'not aware of recent incidents of taxi violence'. Not so in other provinces, however. In neighbouring Gauteng, officials announced the formation of a specialised task team in July to combat ongoing taxi violence after at least 59 people linked to the industry were killed in the first three months of this year (archived here and here). Another task team is operating in the Western Cape, in partnership with the local taxi industry, to quell a similar spate of deadly disputes over lucrative routes (archived here).
CBC
25-07-2025
- CBC
Relief as Manitoban among 3 mine workers rescued in B.C.
Mayors from two mining communities in Manitoba say they're relieved to hear that three mine workers who were trapped for more than 60 hours in the Red Chris mine in northern B.C. have been brought to safety. A Manitoban was among the three rescued on Thursday night.
