The West Virginia Bureau for Public Health was notified of a ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐. The confirmed case is an international traveler visiting North Carolina. Public health officials believe West Virginia residents may have been exposed. ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐-๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐.
Listed below is the date, time, and location of the potential exposure sites at Washington Dulles International Airport:
Concourse A, on transportation to the International Arrivals Building (IAB), and in the baggage claim area between 7:45 p.m. and 11:59 p.m.
Departures area of Main Terminal, East Security Checkpoint, on transportation to Concourse C, and inside Concourse C between 8 p.m. and 11:59 p.m.
Measles is a highly contagious illness that can spread easily through the air when an infected person breathes, coughs, or sneezes. The virusโ symptoms usually appear in two stages. In the first stage, most people have a fever of greater than 101 degrees, runny nose, watery red eyes, and a cough. These symptoms usually start seven to 14 days after being exposed. The second stage starts three to five days after symptoms start, when a rash begins to appear on the face and spreads to the rest of the body. People with measles are contagious from four days before the rash appears through four days after the rash appeared.
๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐?
If you have never received a measles-containing vaccine (either the measles, mumps and rubella [MMR] vaccine or a measles-only vaccine, which is available in other countries), you may be at risk of developing measles. Anyone who was exposed and considered to be at risk of developing measles should contact their healthcare provider immediately.
Watch for symptoms until July 10. If you notice the symptoms of measles, immediately isolate yourself by staying home. Contact your healthcare provider right away. Call ahead before going to your healthcare providerโs office or the emergency room to notify them that you may have been exposed to measles and ask them to call the local health department. This call will help protect other patients and staff.
Anyone with an immunocompromising condition should consult with their healthcare provider if they have questions or develop symptoms.
If you have received two doses of a measles containing vaccine or were born before 1957, you are protected and do not need to take any action.
If you have received only one dose of a measles-containing vaccine, you are very likely to be protected and your risk of being infected with measles from any of these exposures is very low. However, to achieve complete immunity, contact your healthcare provider about getting a second vaccine dose.
West Virginia residents with additional questions about potential exposure can call the Office of Epidemiology and Prevention Services at (304) 558-5358.
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