The end of the game may have been exposed to measles

More than 700 cases of measles have been reported in the United States this year, according to federal health officials, with hundreds of them in quarantine. It has been described as the largest epidemic of preventable disease since 2000, the year of its declaration of elimination of the country. But it continues to spread and authorities warn that the first known patient in Orange County, California, has been screened for midnight Avengers: End of the game before she knew she had measles.

The woman lives in Placentia, California, a city in northern Orange County, and health officials have warned people that she may have been exposed to measles in the area, the Los Angeles Times reported. The woman would have caught the disease while traveling abroad in a country in crisis, and it is unclear if she was vaccinated. The CDC reported that more than 500 of the 704 measles cases reported were in patients who had not been vaccinated.

According to the Los Angeles Times newspaper, after the woman contracted measles, she stayed at work for several days, as well as the film's premiere at midnight. End of Game in Fullerton, a city in northern Orange County. Orange County Health Care has warned that the AMC Theater on Lemon Street in the city between 11 pm and 4 am on April 25 would be a potential showcase, Mercury News reported. The spokeswoman, Jessica Good, was quoted as saying that "the risk of exposure applies to everyone who was in the theater at that time." The health agency added that the St. Jude Emergency Department was in the morning of April 27 and July 5 at Hutton Center Drive in Santa Ana and 7:15 pm from April 23 to 25 are also exhibition venues possible.

Health officials in Orange County did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent by Gizmodo. It is unclear what the patient's condition is or if there have been other patients who have been identified.

California is among the states hardest hit by the measles outbreak this year. A CDC report confirmed 38 cases of measles in California as of April 24, according to Mercury News, with 14 of those contracting the disease traveling abroad. Only four of these people infected another 22 people and most of them would not have been vaccinated. Three of the nine jurisdictions where measles outbreaks have occurred also occurred in that state.

The woman who went to massively assisted Avengers film before realizing she had measles was the first case of viral infection reported in this California county, but by the end of April, measles had been reported in 11 counties in the state.

"The longer it goes, the greater the chance that measles will be found in the United States," said CDC Director of Immunization Dr. Nancy Messonnier at a news conference, New York reported. Times.