WA: New case of measles in King County

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Source: https://kingcounty.gov/depts/health/news/2023/May/20-measles.aspx

New case of measles in King County

May 20, 2023

Summary

Public Health – Seattle & King County is investigating a confirmed measles case in a child. People who were at Aki Kurose Middle School, Pike Place Market, World Market, and HopeCentral Pediatrics & Behavioral Health in Seattle may have been exposed to measles if they were there within the time span that this person passed through while infectious.


Story

Public Health – Seattle & King County is investigating a confirmed measles case in a King County child. The individual was at Aki Kurose Middle School, Pike Place Market, World Market, and HopeCentral Pediatrics & Behavioral Health in Seattle while infectious. Vaccination status of the individual is unknown, and the source of the infection in unknown. The individual has not traveled internationally.
“Measles is highly contagious. If you don’t have immunity, you can get measles just by being in a room where a person with measles has been," said Elysia Gonzales, Medical Epidemiologist for Public Health – Seattle & King County. “The best protection against measles is to get vaccinated. Two doses of measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine provides about 97% protection against getting infected by measles and that protection lasts a lifetime.”

Locations of potential exposure to the public

The infected individual was at the following public locations before being diagnosed with measles. These times include the period when the individual was at the location and two hours after. Measles virus can remain in the air for up to two hours after someone infectious with measles leaves the area. Anyone who was at the following locations during the times listed could have been exposed to measles: [TABLE="class: table table-bordered table-hover table-condensed table-responsive"]
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[TD]5/11/23[/TD]
[TD]12:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.[/TD]
[TD]Aki Kurose Middle School
3928 S Graham Street, Seattle, WA 98118[/TD]
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[TD]5/12/23[/TD]
[TD]8:45 a.m. - 5:45 p.m.[/TD]
[TD]Aki Kurose Middle School
3928 S Graham Street, Seattle, WA 98118[/TD]
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[TD]5/13/23[/TD]
[TD]3:45 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.[/TD]
[TD]Pike Place Market
85 Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98101[/TD]
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[TD]5/13/23[/TD]
[TD]4:15 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.[/TD]
[TD]World Market
2103 Western Ave, Seattle, WA 98121[/TD]
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[TD]5/15/23[/TD]
[TD]2:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.[/TD]
[TD]HopeCentral Pediatrics & Behavioral Health
3826 S Othello Street, Seattle, WA 98118[/TD]
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Source: https://www.seattletimes.com/educat...-moves-to-online-learning-because-of-measles/

Seattle school cancels classes, moves to online learning because of meals
May 25, 2023 at 6:47 pm Updated May 25, 2023 at 7:17 pm
By Claire Bryan
Seattle Times staff reporter

Aki Kurose Middle School will be closed Friday and shift to online learning next week after a student tested positive for measles, a highly contagious disease characterized by rash, fever and other potentially serious symptoms.

The Hillman City school will be closed Friday so teachers can prepare for online learning, which will begin Tuesday and stretch through June 2. In-person classes will resume the next Monday.

Seattle Public Schools Culinary Services will have boxes of food for students available for pickup starting Tuesday, the district said...​

...Seattle and King County officials warned the public over the weekend that a child had been diagnosed with measles, noting that people at Aki Kurose Middle School between noon and 5:45 p.m. on May 11, and from 8:45 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. on May 12, may have been exposed.

On May 13, anyone at Pike Place Market from 3:45 to 6:45 p.m. or at World Market on Western Avenue from 4:15 to 6:45 p.m. could have been exposed. On May 15, those at HopeCentral, a clinic on South Othello Street, from 2 to 5:45 p.m. may have been exposed.

It wasn’t immediately clear whether the student who became infected is the same child public health officials referenced over the weekend or whether that child was vaccinated.​..