LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — New information about the traveler at the center of possible measles exposures at the Las Vegas airport indicates additional exposures might have occurred in Seattle and Anchorage, Alaska.
The Nevada Hospital Association said today in its weekly report that the case involved a “single unvaccinated traveler from an area with substantial measles outbreak.”
The traveler “created exposures at three airports on October 13 (Las Vegas, Seattle, Anchorage) before isolating upon arrival,” according to the NHA report.
Measles confirmed in traveler who was at Las Vegas airport, health officials say
Media reports in Alaska indicate that a traveler was isolated upon arrival there on Oct. 13…