Well being officers affirm first measles case in Grand County

MOAB — Well being officers on Saturday reported the primary case of measles in Grand County.

The Southeast Utah Well being Division confirmed an unvaccinated particular person below the age of 18 was recognized after being uncovered outdoors the county, in response to a press launch from the division. It mentioned no

Public well being officers are actively conducting contact tracing to inform those that might have been uncovered to the person. The well being division mentioned there have been no exposures in Grand County faculties.

Well being officers are asking anybody who experiences the next signs of measles (which usually seem after 7-14 days), particularly those that are unvaccinated or had been uncovered to a recognized case, to contact their well being care supplier:

• Excessive fever
• Cough
• Runny nostril
• Crimson, watery eyes
• A rash that begins on the face and spreads downward

The easiest way to stop the sickness is receiving the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, which is “secure and extremely efficient, offering lifelong safety for most people,” the discharge mentioned.

Final month, two school-aged youngsters in Washington County examined optimistic for measles, in response to the Southwest Utah Public Well being Division.

The kids’s faculties had been notified of potential publicity and all unvaccinated youngsters and adults who consider they’d been uncovered to the illness had been inspired to remain residence for 21 days after publicity.