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CT officials tracing contacts after Trumbull child tests positive for measles amid nationwide surge
By Austin Mirmina, Staff WriterDec 11, 2025
Connecticut health officials are racing to trace potential exposures tied to the state’s newly reported measles case, as they work to prevent further spread during a nationwide surge in infections.
On Wednesday, the state Department of Public Health said a Fairfield County child under the age of 10 had tested positive for measles, Connecticut’s first case since 2021. The child, who was unvaccinated, had recently traveled internationally and began showing symptoms — cough, congestion, runny nose, fever and eventually a rash spreading from the head downward — several days after returning.
The child is a student at the private Christian Heritage School in Trumbull, according to the town’s Health Department. In a letter to families of the school, dated Dec. 11, the department said the student last attended school on Dec. 4. The department stated that unvaccinated or undervaccinated children and adults “must be excluded from school through 21 days after their most recent exposure.”...
CT officials tracing contacts after Trumbull child tests positive for measles amid nationwide surge
By Austin Mirmina, Staff WriterDec 11, 2025
Connecticut health officials are racing to trace potential exposures tied to the state’s newly reported measles case, as they work to prevent further spread during a nationwide surge in infections.
On Wednesday, the state Department of Public Health said a Fairfield County child under the age of 10 had tested positive for measles, Connecticut’s first case since 2021. The child, who was unvaccinated, had recently traveled internationally and began showing symptoms — cough, congestion, runny nose, fever and eventually a rash spreading from the head downward — several days after returning.
The child is a student at the private Christian Heritage School in Trumbull, according to the town’s Health Department. In a letter to families of the school, dated Dec. 11, the department said the student last attended school on Dec. 4. The department stated that unvaccinated or undervaccinated children and adults “must be excluded from school through 21 days after their most recent exposure.”...
