The parents of two young children who became infected with measles during a trip to Sri Lanka earlier this month refused to vaccinate them, the Daily Mail reported.
The family returned to Australia this week, prompting urgent calls from health authorities for anyone who may have come into contact with them to be on the lookout for symptoms.
The family returned to Sydney from Sri Lanka on flight QF229 on January 11 via Singapore before catching the train from the airport to Meadowbank.
New South Wales Health was notified about the two children on Friday, bringing the total number of cases reported in Sydney in the last three weeks to eight.
World Health Organisation statistics reveal that about 110,000 children were killed by measles in 2017.
Australia has successfully eliminated live strains of the measles virus thanks to a thorough program of vaccinations, however, occasional cases do occur which are usually caught overseas.
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