WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment confirmed that as of Wednesday, May 14, there are 56 provisional measles cases in Kansas, including two cases in Reno and Sedgwick counties that are “thought to be associated with international travel.”
Last week, Sedgwick County reported its first measles case since 2017. The Sedgwick County Health Department confirmed that the patient was an unvaccinated child between the ages of 5 and 10 years old who was exposed during travel out of the county.
As of May 14, Sedgwick and Reno are among the six Kansas counties with a range of at least one, but no more than five confirmed measles cases. KDHE doesn’t provide an exact number of cases for counties with fewer than six but indicates just one confirmed case each in Sedgwick and Reno counties, with data for the identified outbreak in southwest Kansas accounting for 54 of the state’s 56 total cases…