DENVER — Colorado health officials have confirmed a third measles case linked to an international flight that landed in Denver.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said in a release Thursday that a second Arapahoe County resident, a vaccinated adult, has tested positive for measles. He was a passenger on Turkish Airlines flight 201, which arrived at Denver International Airport on May 13.
To date, the release said, two additional confirmed measles cases were also passengers on that flight — an out-of-state traveler who was infectious on the flight and a child under 5 years old from Arapahoe County whose likely exposure was also on that flight…