Minnesota public health officials have identified two other cases of measles, including a disturbing disease in a child in the county of Dakota not vaccinated without travel history or known exhibitions to other people with infectious diseases to spread rapid.
The absence of identified exhibitions means that the measles virus spreads beyond the opinion of the state health authorities, Jessica Hancock-Allen said on Monday, director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Minnesota Ministry of Health.
“Whenever we confirm a case of measles unrelated to travel that has no known source, it’s worrying,” she said.
The child was contagious in the theme park inside the Mall of America from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. May 24.
Other visitors to the shopping center in this period should monitor the symptoms, warned the health service on Monday. The classic symptoms of measles include a rash from head to toe as well as fever, cough, flowing nose and aqueous eyes.
Because the virus takes time to incubate, symptoms could emerge among these potential contacts between May 31 and June 14.
The other case reported on Monday involved an adult from the Washington county who was exposed to measles during travel elsewhere in the United States, the department said. The infected adult vaccination status was unknown.
Measles is one of the fastest infectious diseases on the planet, capable of spreading by the airport transmission of droplets in the breath of a person who can linger in the air up to two hours after infected people leave a room. People can become infectious four days before their first symptoms.
