An out-of-state resident traveled to three locations while contagious with the viral disease last week.
SAN JOSE – Santa Clara County health officials are urging members of the public to review their immunization records after a person with measles visited the area last week.The person, who lives in another state, traveled to three locations in Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties while contagious, according to the Santa Clara County Public Health Department.
Anyone who visited those places during those times and dates should review their immunization records to learn if they are protected from measles, according to the health department. Finally, members of the public should monitor for symptoms for seven days to three weeks after the day of potential exposure, according to the health department.
“Measles is highly contagious and spreads through the air when someone with measles speaks, coughs, or sneezes. It is very easy for anyone close to the individual to become infected,” Dr. Monika Roy, a communicable disease controller and assistant health officer with the public health department, said in a statement.
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