On 8 January Chief Medical Officer Professor Michael Kidd released a statement to highlight the importance of vaccination against measles.
Professor Kidd’s statement outlines ATAGI’s recommendation that infants aged 6 to 11 months should receive an additional dose of a measles-containing vaccine (MMR vaccine) when travelling overseas.
This advice comes amid ongoing measles cases in Australia.
In Victoria, there is an active measles health alert relating to 2 new measles cases reported in January 2026.
Read Professor Kidd’s statement via in full at Chief Medical Officer Professor Michael Kidd – Measles vaccination advice.
For more information about measles disease, epidemiology and prevention, visit MVEC: Measles.