Victoria’s Deputy Chief Health Officer, Dr Brett Sutton, yesterday advised of a newly confirmed case in Melbourne.

A number of locations in the Coburg, St Kilda, and South Yarra areas of Melbourne were added to the list of places people with measles have attended whilst infectious.

Dr Sutton advised cases might still emerge from sites measles patients visited last month, such as a supermarket in Echuca.

He said locations such as Woolworths Echuca did not need to be avoided, as they did not pose an ongoing threat to visitors.

But there was a chance further measles cases might be identified in people who were at the supermarket between 1pm – 2.30pm on March 22.

GPs and hospital emergency centres have been advised to be on the lookout for cases emerging from three other locations in Melbourne, which people with measles attended between March 23 – 25.

Cases might emerge for up to 18 days after a person was exposed to the virus.

Measles usually began with symptoms similar to a common cold such as a runny nose, red eyes and a cough, followed by fever and a rash.

“The characteristic measles rash usually begins three to seven days after the first symptoms, generally starting on the face and then spreading to the rest of the body,” Dr Sutton last month advised.

“Anyone developing symptoms is advised to ring ahead to their general practitioner or hospital first and tell them that they may have measles so that appropriate steps can be taken to avoid contact with other patients.”