The DC Ministry of Health confirmed on Tuesday a positive case of measles in a person who visited various places in the district district.
The DC Ministry of Health confirmed on Tuesday a positive case of measles in a person who visited various places in the district district.
The unidentified person traveled throughout the country’s capital during last week.
The potential exhibition sites described by the district health service include two Amtrak locations and an urgent care place:
- Amtrak Northeast Regional 175 train in southern direction
- March 19, 7:30 p.m. to 1h30
- Amtrak Handice, Union Station, 50 Massachusetts AVE,
- March 19, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
- MEDSTAR Urgent Care Adams Morgan, 1805 Columbia Road, NW
- March 22, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Anyone who is not immune to measles that went to potential exhibition sites during the dates and times rated is invited to contact his health care provider or DC Health at 844-493-2652 to obtain advice.
DC Health’s alert comes for weeks after Maryland health officials have confirmed three cases of measles Howard And Prince George counties. The three cases had been contracted by residents who had traveled abroad and were not linked to the epidemics of New Mexico, Texas or Oklahoma.
The details surrounding the last case of confirmed measles have not yet been provided. It is not clear if international trips are at all linked to the DC affair.
A case of measles has already been reported in the district in July 2024.
What are measles?
Measles is a very contagious disease that spreads in the air when an infected individual breathes, coughs or sneezing, according to health officials.
More than often in two stages, symptoms generally only begin to show after the seventh day when the virus was contracted. Symptoms range from high fevers, flowing nose, aqueous eyes to tiny white spots that appear in his mouth.
According to centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the eruption of measles is the second step of the symptoms, appearing on the face along the root of the hair before spreading throughout the body.
A CDC explanator Indicates that “if a person has it, up to 9 out of 10 nearby will be infected if they are not protected”. He notes that the best protection against the virus is the measles vaccine, mumps and rubella, better known as Ror vaccine.
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