Arizona has confirmed 228 measles cases since August, most of which have been in a remote area of Mohave County. But in the past three weeks, Coconino, Pima, Maricopa and Pinal counties have all reported their first cases.
Maricopa and Pima county health officials are warning of potential public measles exposure for anyone who visited the Hale Theatre in Gilbert on several dates in early January or anyone who visited two El Rio health clinics in Tucson on Jan. 13 or 14.
As measles continues to spread, getting vaccinated is the best way Arizonans can protect themselves, said Dr. Richard Carmona, former U.S. surgeon general and an adviser to the Arizona Department of Health Services…