Measles in WA: Sixth case recorded in September, authorities urge families to check jab status before holidays

WA has recorded nearly a third of Australia’s measles cases this year after health authorities confirmed a new case on Thursday.

The latest list of exposure sites published Thursday afternoon include several chemists, a shopping centre and a cafe.

The Department of Health said the latest case is linked to a previously reported case.

It’s the sixth case reported this month after several fly-in, fly-out workers from a Pilbara mine site contracted the highly contagious virus.

Qantas flights between the Christmas Creek Mine site 145km north of Newman and Perth became exposure sites after workers travelled while infectious.

And it prompted health authorities to urge FIFO workers to check their jab records to see if they are fully immunised.

There have been 39 cases of measles in WA t