County of Santa Clara – Health managers in the Bay region advised residents on Friday to know three places that were potentially exposed to a case of measles detected in a resident of the County of Santa Clara.
The Department of Public Health of the County of Santa Clara and the Department of Public Health of the County of Alameda held a press conference in San Jose to give advice to anyone who was in public places, by exhorting them to monitor symptoms for three weeks, to check their vaccination status and to contact their doctor if they fall into certain high -risk categories.
The potentially exposed locations were the H-Mart at 1710 Oakland Road in San Jose on May 21 between 7:15 p.m. and 9 p.m., a Newark Starbucks at 35040 Newark Blvd. May 23 between 11:45 a.m. and 2 p.m., and Trader Joe’s in Milpitas at 1306 Grand Mall Parkway on May 25 from 4:45 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Anyone in these places at that time should verify its vaccination status with its health care provider or on MyvaccineRecord.cdph.ca.gov.
The public health directors of the counties of Santa Clara and Alameda urged anyone who was in companies during these periods to monitor the symptoms, which could appear at any time between one and three weeks after the exhibition.
Symptoms include a fever, rash, cough, conjunctivitis causing red eyes and a flowing nose, according to the director of clinical advice of the county of Alameda and the controller of transmitted diseases, Dr. Kavita Trivedi.
Santa Clara’s County Public Health Director, Dr. Sarah Rudman, said anyone who had a weakened immune system, is pregnant, has a toddler not vaccinated or not vaccinated, should contact their doctor if they were in one of the companies identified during a potential exposure period.
“Measles is a disease that is one of the most contagious diseases we know,” said Rudman, adding that the ROR vaccine is the best way to prevent the spread of the disease.
The person who tested positive is an adult resident of the County of Santa Clara who recently returned from international travel. They didn’t need hospitalization and went back to your home on Friday.
Health officials said they did not think there was a persistent exposure threat in any of the companies beyond the identified initial times.
This is the first case of measles in the county of Santa Clara since 2019. There was a resident of the county of Alameda who had the disease in 2024, which caused a warning similar at the time in this county.
By Thomas Hughes Copyright © 2025 Bay City News, Inc.
