Health officials are warning the public of possible exposure to a case of measles in Philadelphia and Delaware counties. A person who is believed to have the contagious virus might have exposed others at the Please Touch Museum in Fairmount Park between 3:30 and 5 p.m. Monday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health said in a news release. The likely infected person also visited the CVS Pharmacy at 316 E. Lancaster Ave. in Wayne between 5:30 and 8 p.m. Sunday, officials said. Most U.S. residents are immune to measles because they either received the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine in childhood or were born before 1957 and exposed to measles during the pre-vaccine era. The vaccine is currently given to all toddlers when they reach 12 to 15 months, and a second dose is required for Pennsylvania school students, according to the health department. Those who received only one dose of the vaccine, rather than the recommended two, may still be at risk of infection. Also at risk are infants too young to have been vaccinated and those who have not been revaccinated after receiving an inactivated vaccine, used from 1963 through 1967, officials said. Read more at philly/philly/health/Possible_measles_exposure_reported_at_Philly_museum_Delco_pharmacy_.html#grZdtQGDrr2PSvYC.99
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 14:39:06 +0000
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