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Health department alert: Measles case could be confirmed
April 1, 2011
April 01, 2011
The Hood River County Health Department is advising residents about possible exposure to measles. A person with a highly suspect case of measles, which has not yet been confirmed by laboratory testing, was in two public locations on March 26 and March 28, as well as a physician's office on March 28 and March 29.
The Hood River County Health Department has contacted individuals who have been identified as being in the Hood River locations within two hours of the ill person's visit. The physician's office in conjunction with the health department has contacted all the individuals who were in the office when there was risk of exposure.
The Hood River resident was in the following two locations while contagious:
? Bette's Place, 416 Oak St., on March 26 from 11 a.m. to noon. Because measles virus can remain airborne after an ill person coughs or sneezes, there was a risk of exposure for people in the restaurant between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
? Walgreen's Drug Store, 1727 12th St., on March 28 from 4:30-5 p.m. The risk of exposure was from 4:30-7 p.m.
Most people in our community have been protected from measles by their routine vaccinations for measles. However, measles is highly contagious and anyone not immune to measles is at significant risk if they were in the same room with the person from March 25 until April 1...
Health department alert: Measles case could be confirmed
April 1, 2011
April 01, 2011
The Hood River County Health Department is advising residents about possible exposure to measles. A person with a highly suspect case of measles, which has not yet been confirmed by laboratory testing, was in two public locations on March 26 and March 28, as well as a physician's office on March 28 and March 29.
The Hood River County Health Department has contacted individuals who have been identified as being in the Hood River locations within two hours of the ill person's visit. The physician's office in conjunction with the health department has contacted all the individuals who were in the office when there was risk of exposure.
The Hood River resident was in the following two locations while contagious:
? Bette's Place, 416 Oak St., on March 26 from 11 a.m. to noon. Because measles virus can remain airborne after an ill person coughs or sneezes, there was a risk of exposure for people in the restaurant between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
? Walgreen's Drug Store, 1727 12th St., on March 28 from 4:30-5 p.m. The risk of exposure was from 4:30-7 p.m.
Most people in our community have been protected from measles by their routine vaccinations for measles. However, measles is highly contagious and anyone not immune to measles is at significant risk if they were in the same room with the person from March 25 until April 1...