Cascade County health officials investigate Great Falls exposure as measles spreads in nearby counties

Cascade County health officials said Tuesday they are investigating a confirmed measles exposure in Great Falls tied to a Hill County case and are preparing notifications and clinical responses for potentially exposed people.

The county health officer, Abigail Ellis, told the Board of Health that an individual from Hill County who later developed measles was in Great Falls for an appointment on May 27 and began showing symptoms three days later. "We did have an exposure in Great Falls from, 1 of the cases in Hill County," Ellis said. Staff are contacting businesses housed in the same suite where the exposed person visited to assemble client lists and begin exposure notifications.

Board members were told the county will issue quarantine recommendations and arrange testing and, if needed, vaccination clinics. "We will do testing in people's vehicles for swabs," Ellis said, asking symptomatic people to call ahead rather than walk into care…