The Georgia Department of Public Health confirmed a second case of measles in metro Atlanta within the past week: both of them unvaccinated and both in the same family.
DPH spokeswoman Nancy Nydam told The Atlanta Journal Constitution the agency confirmed this second case late Thursday but would share no details such as their ages or hometown.
Last week, DPH announced the first confirmed case of measles in an unvaccinated person who was exposed while traveling out of the country. DPH worked to identify anyone who may have had contact with the person while he or she was infectious. There are no additional exposures related to this second case because the person was quarantining at home with the other family member with measles, Nydam said.
While the incubation period for measles is typically 7-14 days, it can be as long as 21 days. It is possible but not likely that there could be additional cases related to the first confirmed measles case, Nydam said.
These are the first measles cases in the state since 2020.