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Measles case prompts temporary exclusion at New Albany Early Learning Center; district reports high MMR coverage
Summary
Superintendent Michael Sawyers told the New Albany-Plain Local Board of Education that a confirmed measles case at the district's Early Learning Center led health officials to require exclusion of students and staff without full MMR vaccination; a mobile clinic raised coverage but 65 students remain excluded.
Superintendent Michael Sawyers told the New Albany-Plain Local Board of Education on Oct. 6 that a confirmed measles case involving a student at the New Albany Early Learning Center prompted Franklin County Public Health and the Ohio Department of Health to direct the district to exclude people who are not fully vaccinated against measles.
The exclusion order applies only to the Early Learning Center, Sawyers said. He said fully vaccinated kindergarten students may return Oct. 7 and the district planned to reopen the Early Learning Center for fully vaccinated preschool students beginning Monday, Oct. 13. A voluntary mobile clinic held at the Early Learning Center increased vaccination rates, Sawyers said.
The superintendent said the district has verified MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) status for most…
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