Public Health Hot Topics and Alerts
From time to time, public health issues arise which may have an actual, or potential, impact on the community. Public health alerts issued by the Public Health Unit are usually related to communicable or other infectious diseases, but they can also include environmental health threats.
This page provides links to current public health hot topics and alerts concerning the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District, as well as alerts concerning New South Wales.
Hot topics
Latest alerts
- MDR Shigellosis Update (23 November 2020)
- Novel Coronavirus 2019 - Update for clinicians and NSW Emergency Departments (7 February 2020)
- GP measles alert (9 January 2020)
- Legionella alert for Doctors (4 December 2019)
- GP Measles alert (1 October 2019)
- Measles Alert - Information for NSW GP (23 August 2019)
- Measles update for GP (15 April 2019)
- Seasonal Influenza Vaccination 2019 information for GPs and Aboriginal Medical Services (29 March 2019)
- Measles alert for NSW Emergency Departments (28 March 2019)
- Measles alert for GPs (3 January 2019)
- Pertussis (whooping cough) alert for NSW Pharmacists and Pharmacy managers (21 December 2018)
- Measles alert for GPs- Sutherland Shire (5 November 2018)
- Legionella found in Haymarket cooling towers (28 February)
- Legionella found in Haymarket cooling tower (8 February 2020)
- Infant traveller latest measles case (5 February 2020)
- Measles alert after new case confirmed (2 February 2020)
- Novel Coronavirus advice for parents ahead of school returning (27 January 2020)
- NSW Health advice to travellers returning from Wuhan, China (21 January 2020)
- Two new measles cases brings total to nine (16 January 2020)
- Five cases of measles acquired in Sydney (4 January 2020)
- Measles alert following second case acquired in Sydney (2 January 2020)
- Measles alert after Inner-West Sydney diagnosis (1 January 2020)
- Measles alert following second case acquired in Sydney (2 January 2020)
- Measles alert after Inner-West Sydney diagnosis (1 January 2020)
- Measles alert (13 December 2019)
- Measles alert for Sydney ex Samoa (21 November 2019)
- Measles alert (13 December 2019)
- Measles alert for Sydney ex Samoa (21 November 2019)
- Measles alert for Sydney CBD and Inner West (26 September 2019)
- Measles alert for Eastern Suburbs (17 September 2019)
- Gastro cases spike among children [10 September 2019]
- Measles alert following another case from New Zealand (09 September 2019)
- Measles alert - two travellers return to Sydney with Measles (23 August 2019)
- Measles alert after a new Sydney case in a returned traveller (09 July 2019)
- Measles alert for airport plane and train passengers (06 June 2019)
- Measles alert for the Central Coast and plane passengers (3 June 2019)
- Measles alert - new case in returned traveller (8 May 2019)
- Travellers heading overseas urged to get measles jab (18 April 2019)
- Measles alert - Eastern suburbs (11 April 2019)
- Measles alert for Sydney and Maitland (10 April 2019)
- Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak linked to contaminated eggs - Update (6 April 2019)
- Woman with measles sparks fresh alert (5 April 2019)
- Measles alert as cases hit 30 (4 April 2019)
- Measles alert two cases in infants (2 April 2019)
- Measles alert for plane passengers (28 March 2019)
- Salmonella outbreak linked to eggs - update (28 March 2019)
- Summer flu strikes aged care facilities (18 March 2019)
- Gastro in children alert (15 March 2019)
- Measles alert for school kids and backpackers, Sydney (21 March 2019)
- NSW health renews measles alert travel (14 March 2019)
- New measles alert- international flight, airport and Sydney (4 March 2019)
- Measles alert for Sydney residents (22 February 2019)
- New measles alert for plane passengers - QR906 flight Qatar Sydney (2 February)
- New measles alert for plane passengers - SQ231 flight Singapore Sydney 22 January (31 January 2019)
- Two new measles cases in NSW (25 January 2019)
- Measles alerts - NSW (24 January 2019)
- Legionnaire's cases prompt cooling towers checks (23 January 2019)
You can also view the infectious disease alerts from NSW Health for 2019.
- Watch out for Salmonella food poisoning this summer (21 December 2018)
- Mosquito warning for Georges River area (18 December 2018)
- NSW Health warns of measles risk in City and East (29 December 2018)
- Q&A whooping cough in schools (22 November 2018)
- Whooping cough alert - NSW (21 November 2018)
- Watch out for Salmonella food poisoning this summer (21 December 2018)
- Mosquito warning for Georges River area (18 December 2018)
- Measles alert - Sutherland Shire (3 November 2018)
- Schoolies urged to get ready for celebrations - vaccinations (8 October 2018)
- Contaminated strawberries, Queensland - update 2 (14 September 2018)
- Salmonella outbreak linked to eggs - NSW (7 September 2018)
- Outbreak of Polio in Papua New Guinea (5 September 2018)
- Measles alert - Northern NSW (23 August 2018)
- Multidrug resistant shigellosis - NSW (17 August 2018)
- Meningococcal Awareness Campaign - NSW (6 August 2018)
- Hepatitis A linked to imported frozen pomegranate in Australia (8 June 2018)
- Measles alert - Bankstown and Sydney CBD (23 March 2018)
- Infection control breaches at Cronulla Dental Surgery (23 January 2018)
You can also view the infectious disease alerts from NSW Health for 2018.
- NSW Health urges 20-50s to vaccinate against measles (16 October 2017)
- Measles alert - Sutherland Shire (11 October 2017)
- Measles alert - Sutherland Shire (12 September 2017)
You can also view the infectious disease alerts from NSW Health for 2017.
- Measles alert - Sydney CBD (6 December 2016)
You can also view the infectious disease alerts from NSW Health for 2016.