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Summit County health officials report no confirmed measles cases after airport exposure; urge vaccination
Summary
Health department staff updated the Board of Health on national measles activity, a recent symptomatic traveler who passed through Salt Lake City Airport, and local vaccination availability; no Summit County cases were confirmed.
Summit County public health staff told the Board of Health on Wednesday that, despite a recent symptomatic measles case that passed through the Salt Lake City Airport and later traveled to Idaho, there are no confirmed measles cases in Summit County.
The update, delivered by public health staff, said national case counts remain elevated — about 1,088 confirmed cases across 33 jurisdictions as of the prior Thursday — and that roughly 96 percent of recent cases were among people who were unvaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown. Locally, the department said vaccination rates have remained steady compared with prior years and that county…
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