Officials from New York and New Jersey warn of risk of exposure to measles

NEW JERSEY (WABC) –

Health officials warn residents of New York and New Jersey of potential exposure to measles after international traveler with confirmed case of the disease arrives at Newark Liberty International Airport and reports in many places in Rockland County.

The New York State Department of Health and the New Jersey Department of Health are employing to identify people likely to have been exposed. The traveler arrived at Terminal B and may have traveled to other areas of the airport.

Anyone at the airport on September 28 between 5:30 am and 10:30 am may have been exposed to measles and, if infected, may develop symptoms as late as October 19th.

Anyone who has visited the following locations in New Square, Rockland County, New York, may have been exposed to measles:

Bais Medrash New Square, 11 Truman Avenue, New Square
Friday 9/28, between 09:00 and 14:00
– Saturday 9/29 between 11h and 15h
Sunday: 09:30 to 12:30 and 16:00
– Sunday, 9h / 30h between 17h and 21h

Sukkah adjacent to Avir Yakov Boys School, 766 North Main Street, New Square
– Friday, 9/28 between noon and 4 pm
– Saturday 9/29 between 12:30. and 16:30

Refuah Health Center, 728 Main Street North, New Square
– Saturday 9/29 between 23:30. and 2 am
– Monday, 10/1 between 12.30. and 15:30

These hours correspond to the period during which the infected individual was in these areas and at a period of two hours after departure from the individual, the virus remaining alive in the air and on the surfaces up to 30 days. at two o'clock.

People are considered protected or immunized against measles if they were born before 1957, received two doses of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR), had the disease or had a laboratory test confirming their immunity. People who are not immunized against measles and who have been exposed are at risk of getting measles.

All people who have been exposed to measles, especially those who are not immunized or who do not know if they have been vaccinated, should contact their health care provider if they develop measles symptoms. Symptoms include fever, rash, cough, conjunctivitis, or runny nose. Symptoms usually appear 10 to 12 days after exposure, but can appear as early as 7 days and up to 21 days after exposure.

To prevent the spread of the disease, the department advises people who may have been exposed and who have measles-compatible symptoms to contact their health care provider, local clinic, or local emergency department before contacting them. get treatment. This will help prevent other people in these facilities from being exposed to the disease.

Measles is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by a virus that is transmitted through direct contact with the nasal or throat secretions of infected people. People develop fever first, then may have a cough, a runny nose and watery eyes, followed by the appearance of a rash. People are considered infectious four to four days after the onset of the rash.

Click here for more information on what to do if you have been exposed to measles.

For more information on measles, contact your health care provider or visit the New Jersey Department of Health website.

The website of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention contains additional information.

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