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Measles alert issued for Sydney Airport, two flights

An alert has been issued for flights and a city airport after a passenger was diagnosed with measles.

Two flights and both the international and domestic terminals at Sydney Airport were visited by two infectious people.

NSW Health said both caught the disease outside the city, with one returning from South-East Asia and the other from interstate.

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Passengers who were on Garuda Indonesia Flight 712 from Jakarta to Sydney on Tuesday, February 17, and Jetstar Flight 505 from Sydney to Melbourne should monitor for symptoms until March 8.

The person also visited Northern Beaches Hospital, Brookvale Medicare Urgent Care Clinic on the northern beaches, and Advanced Health Pharmacy in Blacktown in the city's west between February 14 and February 18.

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Health experts warned symptoms can take up to 18 days to appear, but have told people to "be alert".

"Symptoms to watch out for include fever, runny nose, sore eyes and a cough, usually followed three or four days later by a red, blotchy rash that spreads from the head to the rest of the body," Dr Vicky Sheppeard said.

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The disease spreads in the air when someone who is infectious coughs or sneezes, but a vaccine can prevent it.

"We want to remind the community to make sure they are up to date with their vaccinations. The measles vaccine can prevent the disease even after exposure, if given early enough," Sheppeard said.

The measles-mumps-rubella vaccine is free for anyone in New South Wales who was born after 1965 and hasn't had two doses.

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Rupert Murdoch’s ex-wife and former News Corp director dies aged 81

Anna Murdoch-Mann, the former wife of Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch, has died at the age of 81.

A former director of News Corp, her death was announced by one of its websites, the New York Post, which said she died on February 17 surrounded by her family at her Florida home.

A cause of death was not revealed.

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Anna Murdoch-Mann reportedly played a key role at News Corp when she was on the board of directors.

Murdoch-Mann was born Anna Torv in Glasgow, Scotland, on June 30, 1944, moving to Australia with her family as a child.

She began a career in journalism when she was 18, working for the now-defunct Daily Mirror, as well as the Daily Telegraph.

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Anna Murdoch-Mann and Rupert Murdoch were married for more than 30 years.

She later met Rupert Murdoch, with the pair marrying in 1967. During the marriage, she reportedly played a key role in News Corp's growth in Australia and around the world, sitting on the board of directors.

She had three children with Murdoch – Elisabeth, Lachlan and James. Lachlan is now the Chairman of News Corp.

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Anna Murdoch-Mann remarried twice after her divorce from Rupert Murdoch.

Their marriage ended in 1997 after Murdoch had an affair with Wendi Deng. It was reported Murdoch-Mann received $1.7 billion in the settlement.

She later reported she was forced off the News Corp board after the split, and claimed her ex-husband was "determined" to see the separation through.

Murdoch man remarried just six months after the separation, to William Mann. They remained married until his death in 2017.

She then married Ashton dePeyster in 2019.

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