DENVER — Colorado health officials on Wednesday confirmed the state’s 12th measles case of the year as the number of people who’ve contracted the virus from an infected individual at Denver International Airport continues to grow.
The state’s latest case — a Denver adult vaccinated against measles — was a passenger on Turkish Airlines flight 201, which arrived at Denver International Airport on May 13, state health officials said in a news release.
They said seven of the state’s 12 cases have been tied to an unvaccinated traveler from out-of-state who was infectious during the flight. Four of those seven cases were passengers on the flight and the remaining three were at the airport when they were exposed to the virus the following day…