The Snohomish County Health Department has confirmed three additional measles cases since declaring an outbreak two weeks ago.
The Snohomish County Health Department has confirmed three additional measles cases since declaring an outbreak two weeks ago, bringing the total number of cases in the county to six.Anyone who attended the church between 2 p.
m. and 6 p.m. that day may have been exposed to the virus, the health department said.People born before 1957 or who have received two doses of the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine are considered immune, according to health officials. Earlier this month, the Health Department confirmed three measles cases in local children who were exposed to a contagious family visiting from South Carolina. The three connected cases met the definition of an outbreak, indicating the disease was spreading locally, according to health officials.Snohomish County after the outbreak was announced. Those cases, also involving unvaccinated children, occurred within a family that was already isolating because a sibling had tested positive for measles. Health officials said no new exposure sites were linked to those cases, and the general public was not at risk.“Most people in our county have immunity to measles through vaccination, so the risk to the general public is low,” said Health Officer Dr. James Lewis. “The next two to three weeks could be telling on where this outbreak is going to go. Now is the time to find out your immunization status and get up to date on vaccinations.”According to the indictment, the defendants allegedly used malware known as Ploutus to override ATM security systems.Amazon is slashing about 16,000 corporate jobs in the second round of mass layoffs for the e-commerce company in three months.Audit: King County parks grant program needs stronger oversight as funding growsThe Pierce County Sheriff's Office is invesigating after two poeple and a dog were found dead from gunshot wounds in rural Pierce County Tuesday afternoon.The P
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