An unvaccinated baby in Nassau County has a confirmed case of measles, Nassau well being officers reported Saturday, the state’s first measles case outdoors of New York Metropolis and the third case statewide this 12 months.State well being officers introduced the case Friday evening after the Nassau County kid’s measles prognosis was confirmed Friday by the state Well being Division’s Wadsworth Laboratory in Albany.Details about the kid and the place in Nassau the affected person lives was not launched. Nassau County well being officers are monitoring the case with the state, which notified the federal Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention.“Nassau County Division of Well being is intently investigating potential exposures and taking the required proactive steps to forestall the unfold of measles,” stated Well being Commissioner Dr. Irina Gelman in a press release Saturday morning. “We strongly encourage all residents to guard their well being by making certain they’re up-to-date on necessary, lifesaving immunizations.”It’s the third case this 12 months in New York State after two folks examined optimistic in New York Metropolis, in keeping with the state. There have additionally been current instances in New Jersey and Pennsylvania as a part of a world outbreak.The final recorded instances of measles in Nassau County had been reported in September 2019, when two instances had been confirmed within the county. The county Well being Division stated on the time that one case concerned a overseas resident who had not too long ago arrived within the nation and was staying in a personal house. Officers stated one other affected person with measles had ridden the Lengthy Island Rail Street, which stated that in response it was taking further measures to wash elements of its system.The newest confirmed case of measles in Suffolk County was reported in April of the identical 12 months.The illness is extraordinarily contagious to anybody who has not obtained two doses of the MMR — measles, mumps, rubella vaccine — vaccine. Those that are vaccinated are usually protected for all times, in keeping with the CDC.“Our epidemiologists and Division employees with the Divisions of Vaccine Excellence and Epidemiology are working hand in hand with our specialists within the Wadsworth Laboratory in addition to Nassau County well being officers to observe and examine this case and any potential exposures,” State Well being Commissioner Dr. James McDonald stated in a information launch. “An important factor folks can do to guard themselves is to confirm they’ve been correctly immunized towards measles and instantly get a shot if they aren’t.”Anybody not sure about their vaccination standing ought to contact their physician, officers stated. These born between 1957 and 1971 ought to verify that their vaccines are dependable from that point interval. These born earlier than 1957 in all probability had been beforehand uncovered to the virus and are seemingly immune, well being officers stated.Measles is usually unfold by coughing or sneezing. People can catch the illness by respiration within the virus or by touching a contaminated floor, then touching the eyes, nostril or mouth. Issues might embody pneumonia, encephalitis, miscarriage, preterm beginning, hospitalization and loss of life, state well being officers stated.Signs embody a excessive fever, a cough and purple eyes adopted three to 5 days later with a rash of purple, raised bumps on the pores and skin. The rash could also be coupled with a fever as excessive as 104 levels.The illness might be handed alongside 4 days earlier than the rash appearsFor the unimmunized, about 9 out of 10 folks uncovered to the sickness could also be contaminated, in keeping with the CDC. Folks might be required to quarantine as much as 21 days, in keeping with the state Well being Division.