The Georgia Department of Public Health confirmed on Oct. 27 three additional measles cases in Macon County, about 60. miles southwest of Macon, Ga. All three individuals were unvaccinated and had close contact with a measles case confirmed on Oct. 12, 2026.
DPH has notified others who may have been exposed and are at increased risk of developing measles.
Symptoms of the highly contagious virus usually appear about a week after infection, with a breakthrough rash of tiny, red or red-brown spots that develops, usually at the head/hairline, and spreads downward over the face, neck, torso, arms, legs and feet…