Thousands of people may have been exposed to New Jersey measles after attending a concert with closed Shakira counters last week, health officials said.
A resident outside the state infected with the very contagious virus attended the singer’s spectacle “each time” of the Singer, the Metlife Stadium at East Rutherford, the state ministry of the state.
The person, whose exact seats in the stadium were not shared, was on the site from 7:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. the next morning. Anyone who has visited the stage, which has a seated capacity of 82,500 during these hours may have been exposed to the virus, which can be particularly dangerous for children, causing respiratory and neurological complications and death.
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“The virus spreads easily in the air when someone coughs or sneezes and can stay in the air up to two hours after a infected person has left the area. People can also fall sick when they come into contact with mucus or saliva of an infected person,” said the Ministry of Health.
No additional cases associated with the person had been identified on Tuesday. A spokesman for the Ministry of Health did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for comments Thursday on the place where the person was seated and if new cases has since been identified.
Health managers encourage residents to inform their vaccinations and be aware of the symptoms of the virus. These include a high fever, a cough, a flowing nose, aqueous red eyes and an eruption which generally appears between three and five days after the start of the symptoms.
Anyone who suspects exposure or illness is invited to call a health care provider before going to a medical office or an emergency service to prevent potential spread.
“Special arrangements can be made for evaluation while protecting other patients and medical staff from possible infection,” said the health service.
The advice of health occurs while the United States faced its second largest number of cases of the virus – which was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000 – in 25 years.
Last week, there were 1,024 cases of confirmed measles and three related deaths in 31 states so far this year, according to the centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The vast majority of cases, 96%, involved non -vaccinated persons or with unknown vaccination status. Among hospitalized people, most have been under 5 years old.
