If you were at the New Hampshire Business Center in Hyattsville on April 24th – you may have been exposed to the measles. Maryland Department of Health was notified of a confirmed case of measles in a Washington, DC resident who visited the New Hampshire Business Center as well as Dulles International Airport – Concourse B and the Aerotrain to the Baggage Claim area and various lines of Washington Metro Area Transit – between April 23rd and 27th.
Dulles International Airport (IAD): 1 Saarinen Cir, Dulles, VA 20166, Concourse B and the Aerotrain to the Baggage Claim Area.
- Thursday, April 23, 10:30 pm – Friday April 24,1:30 pm
Washington Metro Area Transit: M60 Metrobus northbound towards Takoma Langley Crossroads Transit Center
- Friday, April 24, from 11 am – 1 pm
- Saturday, April 25, from 7:10 – 9:30 pm
- Sunday, April 26, from 6:25 – 8:45 pm
- Monday, April 27, from 8 -10 am
Washington Metro Area Transit: M60 Metrobus southbound towards Fort Totten Station
- Friday, April 24 from 4 – 6 pm
- Saturday, April 25, from 8:30 – 11 am
- Sunday, April 26, from 7:30 – 10 am
- Monday, April 27, from 4:50 – 7 pm
Washington Metro Area Transit: Green Line Train from Fort Totten station transferring at the L’Enfant Plaza station to the Blue Line Train heading towards the Downtown Largo station
- Saturday April 25, 9 am – 12 pm
Washington Metro Area Transit: Green Line Train from Fort Totten station transferring at the L’Enfant Plaza station to the Orange Line Train heading towards the New Carrollton station
- Sunday April 26, 7:50 – 10:50 am
Washington Metro Area Transit: Orange Line Train from Minnesota Avenue station transferring at the L’Enfant Plaza station to the Green Line Train heading towards the Greenbelt station
- Saturday April 25, 6:20 – 9 pm
- Sunday April 26, from 5:15 – 8:15 pm
Washington Metro Area Transit: Red Line Train from Fort Totten station towards the Shady Grove station
- Monday April 27, from 5 pm – 7:15 pm
If you were there – monitor for symptoms and check to be sure your MMR vaccinations are up to date. Measles is a highly contagious illness that can spread easily through the air when an infected person breathes, coughs or sneezes. The virus can stay in the air for 2 hours after a person with measles leaves the space. It is so contagious that about 9 out of 10 people who come near a person with measles will also become infected if they are not vaccinated.
Measles symptoms usually appear in two stages. In the first stage, most people have a fever greater than 101 degrees, a runny nose, watery red eyes, and a cough. These symptoms usually start 7 to 14 days after exposure. The second stage starts 3 to 5 days after the symptoms begin, when a rash begins to appear on the face and spreads to the rest of the body. People with measles are contagious from 4 days before the rash appears through 4 days after the rash appears…