The Charlottesville-Albemarle Health Department is dealing with a measles outbreak.
Media outlets reported Thursday that the agency is warning people they may have been exposed after confirming a woman who contracted the disease in India has passed it along to two others.
Media outlets reported Thursday that the agency is warning people they may have been exposed after confirming a woman who contracted the disease in India has passed it along to two others.
Thomas Jefferson Health District director Dr. Lilian Peake says it’s possible more people will get sick.
Measles is rare in Virginia. Peake says there were three cases in Virginia last year and one each in 2009, 2008 and 2001. The last time measles was confirmed in the Charlottesville area was 1990.
The Virginia Health Department warns that anyone who develops a fever, runny nose, watery red eyes and a cough should stay home and contact their doctor.
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Measles is rare in Virginia. Peake says there were three cases in Virginia last year and one each in 2009, 2008 and 2001. The last time measles was confirmed in the Charlottesville area was 1990.
The Virginia Health Department warns that anyone who develops a fever, runny nose, watery red eyes and a cough should stay home and contact their doctor.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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