Snohomish County Health District officials have confirmed a case of measles in a child who visited the U.S. in June for a summer program.
That child visited nine public places in King and Snohomish Counties between June 20 and 27, including a WalMart and the YMCA in Monroe.
Health officials say people who visited the following locations may have been exposed to the measles:
Walmart, 19191 N Kelsey St, Monroe
June 20, 2018: 2:00 PM – 10:00 PM
McDonald’s, 19515 State Hwy 2, Monroe
June 21, 2018: 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Dairy Queen, 19510 State Hwy 2, Monroe
June 21, 2018: 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
YMCA, 14033 Fryelands Blvd, Monroe
June 21, 2018: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett, 1700 13th St, Everett
June 22, 2018: 3:00 PM – 9:00 PM
June 23, 2018: 3:00 PM. — 9 PM
Wendy’s, 2510 Broadway, Everett
June 23, 2018: 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Providence – Monroe Clinic Pharmacy, 19200 N Kelsey St, Monroe
June 24, 2018: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Redmond Medical Center, 8301 161st Ave NE, Redmond
June 27, 2018: 11:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Swedish Pediatrics Redmond (located in the Redmond Medical Center building), 8301 161st Ave NE #204, Redmond
June 27, 2018: 11:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Providence – Monroe Laboratory, 19200 N Kelsey St, Monroe
June 27, 2018, 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Health officials have been contacting impacted businesses and providers in the community to alert them of the potential exposures.
If you have not been vaccinated and were at one of the locations, please call your healthcare provider for further instructions.
Most people have immunity to the measles through vaccination, so the risk to the general public is low. However, all people who were in the following locations around the same time as the individual with measles should:
Find out if they have been vaccinated for measles or have had measles previously; and call a health care provider promptly if they develop an illness with fever or illness with an unexplained rash between June 21 and July 12, 2018. To avoid possibly spreading measles to other patients, do not go to a clinic or hospital without calling first to tell them you want to be evaluated for measles.
Measles is a highly contagious and potentially severe disease that causes fever, rash, cough, and red, watery eyes. It is mainly spread through the air after a person with measles coughs or sneezes.
Measles symptoms begin seven to 21 days after exposure. Measles is contagious from approximately four days before the rash appears through four days after the rash appears.
For more information about measles and measles vaccination, please visit www.doh.wa.gov/measles.
