WRIGHT COUNTY, Mo. — The Wright County Health Department reported three cases of measles, making a total of 14 cases within the state this year.
According to data from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, nine of the 14 measles cases recorded this year are within Ozarks First’s coverage area. There were three reported cases in Benton County, three in Greene and now three in Wright.
Dr. George Turabelidze, the chief state epidemiologist for the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, said the investigation in Wright County is still ongoing, but it appears that all three of the people who tested positive for measles are adults, and two of them were unvaccinated. Turabelidze said one of the people who tested positive for measles had received the first dose of the MMR vaccine a few days before they tested positive…