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  • Tennessee health department confirms first measles case of 2019

    Source: https://www.newschannel5.com/news/te...s-case-of-2019

    Tennessee health department confirms first measles case of 2019
    Posted: 12:41 PM, Apr 18, 2019
    Updated: 1:41 PM, Apr 18, 2019
    By: Laken Bowles

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) ? One person in East Tennessee has tested positive for measles ? making this the state?s first confirmed case of 2019.

    The Tennessee Department of Health confirmed they?re investigating the case, adding that all Tennesseans need to be aware of measles and its symptoms...

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    Source; https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/...ns/3563272002/

    Patient with measles visited these Clinton and Chattanooga gas stations
    Kristi L Nelson, Knoxville News Sentinel Published 1:18 p.m. ET April 24, 2019 | Updated 1:45 p.m. ET April 24, 2019

    People who visited convenience stores in Clinton and Chattanooga earlier this month could have been exposed to measles, the state said Wednesday.

    Tennessee Department of Health said in investigating a case of measles in an East Tennessee man, it's identified two Tennessee locations he visited in where members of the public may have been exposed to measles:

    ? Mapco, 200 Browns Ferry Road, Chattanooga, from 7:30-10 p.m. April 11.

    ? Speedway, 2148 N. Charles G. Seivers Blvd., Clinton, from 5:30-8 p.m. April 12...

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    • #3
      Source: https://clarksvillenow.com/local/two...ee/#/questions

      Two additional measles cases reported in Tennessee
      By ClarksvilleNow.com April 29, 2019 11:59 am
      NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) ? The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) has confirmed two additional cases of measles in residents of East Tennessee.

      This brings the total number of measles cases in Tennessee in 2019 to three.

      The two new cases are associated with the first measles case in Tennessee this year which was announced April 18, and were identified as part of the ongoing contact investigation.

      ?We expected to have more measles cases linked to the first one, and these new cases occurred in people we had identified and were monitoring as contacts of the first patient,? said Tennessee Immunization Program Medical Director Michelle Fiscus, MD, FAAP. ?The good news is there are no additional contacts of these new cases that have not already been identified.? ...

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