EPHRATA, Pa. (WHTM) — A visitor to Lancaster County coming from Texas tested positive for measles, the Pennsylvania Department of Health said Sunday.
The patient was visiting Lancaster County and was contagious between April 3 and April 11 and had visited after a trip from Texas.
They visited the WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital Emergency Department between 9:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. April 8 and anyone who was there at the time may have been exposed.
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“Our team took all necessary precautions when managing this patient, but outreach has been conducted and completed with any other patients that may have been in this individual’s presence in our emergency department,” WellSpan Health said in a statement to abc27 News…