Orange County health officials warned that a teenager visiting Disneyland and Disney California Adventure (among other Southern California destinations) earlier this month was previously infected with measles, potentially exposing other visitors to the contagious disease.
What’s Happening:
- The teenager, a girl traveling internationally from New Zealand visited several popular locations in Orange and LA counties from August 11th – 15th
- August 11-15, 2019 Desert Palms Hotel, 631 W. Katella Ave., Anaheim
- August 11, 2019 Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Terminal 8, between 9:00p.m.–11:30p.m.
- August 12, 2019 Disneyland Park and California Adventure, Anaheim
- August 14, 2019 Universal Studios, 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City
- August 15, 2019 TCL Chinese Theatres, 6925 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood (formerly known as Grauman’s Chinese Theatre)
- August 15, 2019 Madame Tussauds, 6933 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood
- August 15, 2019 The Original Farmers Market, 6333 W 3rd St, Los Angeles
- August 15, 2019 Santa Monica Pier and Beach, 200 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica
- August 15, 2019 Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Tom Bradley International Terminal, between 6:00p.m.–11:59p.m.
- Orange County Health officials say anyone who may have visited those locations on the specified dates may be at risk of developing measles and should monitor themselves for illness, fever or an unexplained rash up to 21 days after exposure.
- If any symptoms develop, the person should stay home, call their doctor immediately and review immunization records. If an infant was exposed, or if you are pregnant or have a weakened immune system, you should also contact a health care provider as soon as possible.
What They’re Saying:
Nichole Quick, Health Officer: "The measles virus can remain in an environment for several hours, so when we list public exposure sites we take that into consideration. Individuals that were in those potential sites while that person was infected could be at risk. Measles is very contagious, individuals who do not have immunity to measles, about 90 percent of them, will develop measles after being exposed.”