The Department of Health in Hong Kong is investigating an outbreak of measles that has infected three staffs at the city's airport.
The three staffs at the Hong Kong International Airport, according to a government statement late on Friday (March 22) had said each developed a rash last week .
A health talk was conducted at the airport to deliver measles-related health advice to workers, a government spoke person said in the statement.
Measles mop-up vaccinations were given to close work contacts of the three patients to prevent the possible spread of infection, he said.
At the beginning of the month, a man developed full-blown symptoms of measles after boarding on a Cathay Pacific Airways flight from Hong Kong to Tokyo.
He was a flight attendant at the airline, the South China Morning Post reported.
SOURCE: STRAITS TIMES
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