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Metro Health: measles exposure at UTSA and River Walk attractions; city steps up contact tracing and vaccination outreach
Summary
Metro Health briefed the Community Health Committee on a measles exposure tied to an out-of-area case; the department outlined contact tracing, school outreach and planned pop-up vaccination events while urging residents to check immunization status.
Metro Health on Feb. 28 told the Community Health Committee it is investigating potential community exposures after a person who later tested positive for measles visited San Antonio Feb. 149 during the likely infectious period of Feb. 159 through Feb. 24.
Dr. Kurian, an epidemiology leader at Metro Health, said the person visited the UTSA campus (around 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 15), several River Walk attractions including Ripley—s, and dined at Mr. Crabby's Seafood in Live Oak from about 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Metro Health extended the exposure windows by two hours beyond the reported visit times because measles virus can linger in the air for up to two hours after an infectious person leaves.
"It's a highly infectious condition," Dr. Kurian told the committee. "Ninety percent of folks who are unvaccinated who come in contact with a confirmed case can get the disease." She reviewed typical symptoms, the incubation period (generally 7 to 14 days) and the public-health steps the…
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