Endgame's public opening night in California

Orange County, California (Gray News) – Health officials from Orange County, California, warn viewers who attended the screening of "Avengers: Endgame" at midnight that they may have been exposed to measles.

Before realizing that she was ill, a woman in her twenties attended a screening of the blockbuster "Avengers" at midnight on Thursday at an AMC movie theater in Fullerton, California, reports CNN. Health officials say that she was at the theater from 23h. at 4 o'clock in the morning

All people in the building, not just those participating in the "Avengers" screening, may have been exposed to the contagious disease.

The woman also went to Santa Ana, California, at her workplace for a few days and to the St. Jude Emergency Department in Fullerton, reports the Los Angeles Times.

The measles case is the first confirmed case in Orange County in 2019. This woman had recently returned to a foreign country where the disease had appeared, according to the county health agency. # 39; Orange.

Health officials said the woman was considered contagious between April 23 and May 1, 2019. After realizing that she was ill, she had voluntarily isolated herself from her home. , in Placentia, California.

Last week, more than 1,000 students and staff from two Los Angeles universities were quarantined on campus or sent home after county officials declared a measles outbreak, according to the Associated Press. Press.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed 704 measles cases nationwide, making this year the worst year for the country since 1994.

The 22 states that reported CDC cases are: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York , Oregon, Texas, Tennessee and Washington.

The CDC recommends the vaccine for all people over one year old.

The vaccine became available in the 1960s and is considered safe and highly effective. Because of this, measles was declared virtually eliminated in the United States in 2000, but the disease has increased in recent years.

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