Virginia’s second case of measles this year has been confirmed in the Charlottesville area. WMRA’s Randi B. Hagi reports.
The Virginia Department of Health reported last Friday that a teenager who had recently traveled internationally had tested positive for measles. Health officials published a list of times where the public could have been exposed to the patient between May 20th and 23rd at the Charlottesville Albemarle Airport, Play it Again Sports, the Goodwill on Gander Drive, UVa Primary Care Riverside, and the UVa emergency department.
MEREDITH ROBINSON: Measles is characterized by a rash that begins on the face and spreads downwards. A measles patient is infectious four days before the rash begins to four days after…