Nineteen people from three states who visited Disney theme parks in California last month have now fallen ill with measles, health officials said Friday. The patients all visited Disneyland or Disney California Adventure between Dec. 15 and Dec. 20, the California Department of Public Health and the Orange County Health Agency said. Sixteen of the cases were in California, two in Utah, and one is in Colorado, officials said. Officials in California said that of the 16 cases in the state they have only verified that two were fully vaccinated against the disease. Some were partially vaccinated and at least two were too young to be vaccinated. More people may have been exposed when measles patients were treated at two local hospitals and a lab, said Nicole Stanfield, a spokeswoman for the Orange Countys health care agency. Stanfield urged anyone with measles symptoms to call their doctor before seeking medical attention to avoid exposing others to the highly contagious illness.
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 03:39:03 +0000
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