Well being officers investigating attainable measles publicity in Northern Virginia
Virginia well being officers are investigating potential measles exposures that occurred earlier this month.
Virginia well being officers are investigating potential measles exposures that occurred earlier this month.
Individuals who have been at varied Northern Virginia places throughout the next specified timeframe could have been uncovered to at least one to 3 individuals who have been identified with measles.
The people lately traveled from Afghanistan as a part of the U.S.’ emergency evacuation efforts. White Home press secretary Jen Psaki mentioned 4 Afghans who had arrived examined optimistic for the measles.
Dulles Worldwide Airport
- Sept. 3-4 from 6:30 p.m. to midnight and from 9:30 p.m. to three a.m. on the Worldwide Arrivals Constructing/U.S. Customs Corridor and the Foremost Terminal Ticketing Stage.
- Sept. 8 from 4:30 to 10:30 a.m. and from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the Worldwide Arrivals Constructing/U.S. Customs Corridor and the Foremost Terminal Ticketing Stage.
StoneSprings Hospital Middle’s Emergency Division, together with ready space
- Sept. 6 from 11 a.m. to six p.m.
- Sept. 8 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Inova L.J. Murphy Youngsters’s Hospital, Flooring 1-9
- from 3 p.m. Sept. 7 to Sept. 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Dulles Expo Middle
Crowne Plaza Dulles Airport
Well being officers are coordinating efforts to achieve individuals who could have been uncovered, they usually imagine that outdoors of the places listed about, the chance to the neighborhood is low, a information launch Friday from the Northern Area of the Virginia Division of Well being mentioned.
Measles is a extremely contagious and is unfold by means of coughing, sneezing and speak to with droplets from the nostril, mouth or throat of an contaminated particular person.
Signs normally seem in two phases. Within the first stage, most individuals have a fever of higher than 101 levels, runny nostril, watery pink eyes and a cough. The second stage begins across the third to seventh day, when a rash begins to seem on the face and spreads over your entire physique.
Should you have been at one of many places above through the specified timeframe and have acquired two doses of the measles vaccine, then you do not want to take any motion.
If in case you have solely had one dose, the well being division mentioned you might be “very probably protected” and your danger from the publicity may be very low. However, contact your well being care supplier about getting a second dose to realize full immunity.
If in case you have not been vaccinated in any respect for the measles or haven’t had a documented case of the measles, chances are you’ll be in danger from the publicity. Name your well being care supplier for recommendation. If you’re exhibiting signs, keep house and name your physician for additional care. Name forward earlier than going to your physician or the hospital and inform them you have been uncovered to measles.
Earlier than the measles vaccination program began in 1963, an estimated 3 to 4 million folks received the measles annually within the U.S. Since then, widespread use of the measles vaccine has led to a higher than 99% discount in measles instances in contrast with the pre-vaccine period, the CDC mentioned.
Measles is quite common in lots of elements of the world, together with fashionable vacationer locations.
Contact your Virginia well being district you probably have extra questions. These in Fairfax County can name the well being district at 703-246-2411. The Loudoun County well being district could also be reached at Well being@loudoun.gov.
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