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St. Mary’s health officials flag measles in wastewater sample; no confirmed local cases, vaccination clinics underway
Summary
St. Mary’s County Health Department officials reported one positive wastewater sample for measles at the Marley Taylor treatment facility followed by four negative tests, issued a public advisory and are offering measles vaccinations and clinics to the public; no confirmed clinical cases have been reported in the county.
St. Mary’s County health officials said June 3 that a national wastewater testing study detected measles virus markers in a single sample from the Marley Taylor water reclamation facility but that four subsequent samples from the same facility tested negative. Health officials said there are no confirmed clinical cases in the county.
Dr. Brewster, speaking for the St. Mary’s County Health Department and the Board of Health, said the county began sampling wastewater for measles in mid-May as part of a national panel of infectious-disease tests and that wastewater detection is an early-warning tool. "We did have 1 positive sample, in 1 of these…
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