Measles warning for holidaymakers after outbreak in SW

West Australians travelling to the South West or overseas for the Easter school holidays have been urged to ensure they are protected against a measles outbreak which has spread to 13 cases.The urgent warning came as the latest data revealed WA has the lowest child vaccination rate for measles in the country.In the year to September, 90.88 per cent of two-year-olds in WA had received the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, which is administered twice before a child reaches 24 months as part of the national immunisation schedule.Rates are even lower in the South West, where eight of the State’s 13 cases have been recorded. Just 82.5 per cent of two-year-olds in Augusta, Margaret River and Busselton have received the MMR vaccine, compared to 89.60 in Bunbury. Manjimup had the lowest rate in WA at 81.33 per cent.WA also has the lowest percentage of fully immunised two-year-olds in the country, at 89.23 per cent. A 95 per cent vaccination rate is required to reach herd immunity.Austr...