Santa Clara County well being leaders are working to alert individuals who might have been uncovered to measles.
The hyper contagious virus was introduced in by somebody visiting from out of state and officers are particularly involved about three locations that particular person visited.
The Starbucks on Blossom Hill Street in Los Gatos is a kind of county well being leaders say an individual with extremely contagious measles visited on July 1, someday between 9:30 and 11:30 a.m.
The sick particular person then dined at Taqueria Los Pericos on Water Avenue in Santa Cruz from 6 to 10 p.m. the identical day.
Medical doctors say the subsequent morning, the contaminated particular person headed to San Jose Worldwide and was there from 5:15 to 7:30 a.m. earlier than catching a Southwest flight to Chicago.
NBC Bay Space’s Raj Mathai spoke to UCSF’s Dr. Peter Chin-Hong about midsummer well being warnings like one other COVID wave and a measles scare in Santa Clara County.
Now, public well being leaders try to achieve 90 Santa Clara County residents on that flight who might have been uncovered, and warning anybody who visited these companies that they need to look ahead to signs.
“One of many challenges is that measles stays within the air for as much as an hour or extra after the contaminated particular person leaves the room. So the virus continues to be there even when they don’t seem to be there,” Dr. Monika Roy of Santa Clara County Public Well being, stated.
She stated it’s necessary folks take motion in the event that they suppose they’ve been uncovered.
“The primary factor is test your vaccination standing, particularly if you’re pregnant and speak to your well being care supplier instantly,” Roy stated.
Signs of measles embrace a pink blotchy rash, cough, runny nostril, pink eyes, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
Anybody with these signs ought to contact their physician and isolate instantly.
Dr. Roy says in case you’ve had a measles vaccine it presents very sturdy safety in opposition to the virus however it’s not foolproof.