PA: 2019 Measles - Allentown exposure alert

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Source: https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/...measles-exposure-at-philadelphia-airport.html

Health department warns of possible measles exposure at Philadelphia airport
Today 12:38 PM
By Travis Kellar

The Pennsylvania Department of Health and Philadelphia Department of Public Health have issued a public warning that some people who visited the Philadelphia International Airport may have been exposed to measles.

Residents who visited the airport in Delaware County during the following times may have been exposed:

Wednesday, Oct. 2, Terminal F from 6:30 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.
Thursday, Oct. 3, Terminal F from 4:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.
Thursday, Oct. 3, Terminal A from 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 3, Terminal A/B shuttle bus from 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

“An individual with a suspected case of measles was present in the Philadelphia International Airport on two days and may have exposed many individuals,” Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine said in a news release. “The Department of Health is working with the county and municipal health departments to notify Pennsylvanians who were on flights with the suspected case, but other individuals may have been exposed at the airport during the identified times; however, if you have been properly immunized against measles, your risk of getting the disease is minimal."

A total of 15 cases of measles have been confirmed across Pennsylvania in 2019, and more than 1,200 cases nationwide. Some of those cases were reported in central Pennsylvania...

 

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Source: https://www.abc27.com/news/pennsylvania/department-of-health-warns-of-measles-outbreak-in-allentown/

Pennsylvania warns of measles exposure in Allentown
Pennsylvania
by: WHTM Staff
Posted: Oct 14, 2019 / 06:53 PM EDT / Updated: Oct 15, 2019 / 09:23 AM EDT

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – People who visited the Allentown area between Oct. 7 and Oct. 12 may have been exposed to measles, Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine said.

Locations and times when residents may have been exposed include:

7350 Office Building, 7350 Tilghman St., Allentown, PA, 18106 on October 7 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.;
1251 S. Cedar Crest Blvd. Office Building, main lobby of the building, Allentown, PA, on October 7 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:35 p.m.;
Quest Diagnostics, 1608 W. Allen St., Allentown, PA, on October 8 from 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.;
Lehigh Valley Hospital, 1200 S Cedar Crest Blvd, Allentown, PA 18103, on October 12 from 9:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. in the proximity of the Emergency Department...