Spokane County resident presumed positive for measles as health officials urge vaccination checks

SPOKANE, Wash. — A Spokane County resident is presumed positive for measles after developing symptoms consistent with the highly contagious disease, local health officials announced Monday.

The Spokane Regional Health District is treating the case as presumed positive while awaiting laboratory confirmation expected by Aug. 27.

Anyone present at Providence Sacred Heart Pediatric and Adult Emergency Departments on Sunday, Aug. 24, between 6:08 a.m. and 10:41 a.m. may have been exposed to measles, said the SRHD…

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