Long Beach has a confirmed case of measles in a child who recently returned from traveling internationally.
According to the Long Beach Health Department, the infected patient was at MemorialCare’s Long Beach Medical Center Emergency Department, 2801 Atlantic Ave., from 9 p.m. on June 3 to 10 a.m. on June 4 and 6:30 a.m. to noon on June 6.
The risk of local transmission is currently considered low, but anyone who may have encountered the patient during that time should check their measles vaccination status, the Health Department advised…