Health officials sound alarms after Texas measles outbreak spreads to metropolitan area with nearly 100 sick now

Health officials are warning Texas residents about potential exposure to the measles virus , as the infectious disease has spread rapidly across the southern state in one of its largest outbreaks in decades.

In San Antonio, the Texas Department of State Health Services said that a possible exposure happened at the University of Texas at San Antonio on February 15. An individual from Gaines County who tested positive for the virus visited the university’s main campus, Ripley’s Believe It or Not, Mr. Crabby’s Seafood and Bar and other tourist locations, officials said.

The department said that anyone at those locations in the hours between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. CST and at the restaurant between 6 and 8 p.m. should monitor for symptoms…

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