DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(PHILADELPHIA) The Philadelphia Department of Health is tracking a measles outbreak in the city, with eight confirmed cases as of Monday.
Health officials told ABC News all confirmed cases are among non-immune individuals.
The health department said it s actively tracking current cases and has listed several known exposure sites across the city, mostly at health care facilities and a daycare.
The first known case was identified as a patient who was admitted to the Children s Hospital of Philadelphia in early December, where three other non-immune children were exposed and later tested positive for the virus, health officials said. At least three of the cases have resulted in hospitalization.
Health officials recommend anyone who thinks they may have been exposed to quarantine alone at home and stay away from other people.
Measles is one of the most contagious infectious diseases and can easily spread from one case to dozens of other
DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(PHILADELPHIA) The Philadelphia Department of Health is tracking a measles outbreak in the city, with eight confirmed cases as of Monday.
Health officials told ABC News all confirmed cases are among non-immune individuals.
The health department said it s actively tracking current cases and has listed several known exposure sites across the city, mostly at health care facilities and a daycare.
The first known case was identified as a patient who was admitted to the Children s Hospital of Philadelphia in early December, where three other non-immune children were exposed and later tested positive for the virus, health officials said. At least three of the cases have resulted in hospitalization.
Health officials recommend anyone who thinks they may have been exposed to quarantine alone at home and stay away from other people.
Measles is one of the most contagious infectious diseases and can easily spread from one case to dozens of other
DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(PHILADELPHIA) The Philadelphia Department of Health is tracking a measles outbreak in the city, with eight
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Health officials say a patient sick with the virus in Pennsylvania visited a clinic in Delaware while infectious. Contact tracing for people infected with the virus is underway.