Author: Wyatt Stayner / Source: The Columbian
Clark County Public Health hasn’t identified any new confirmed cases in its ongoing measles outbreak investigation.
The confirmed measles case count remains at 62, but Public Health has identified one new exposure location and a new exposure time range for a previously identified exposure site.There is one new suspected case, according to a Public Health news release. Here is the new exposure site and exposure time period for Pacific Middle School:
- PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center Emergency Department, 400 N.E. Mother Joseph Place, Vancouver, from 7:45 to 11:05 p.m. Feb. 16.
- Pacific Middle School, 2017 N.E. 172nd Ave., Vancouver, all day until 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 12. The school was already listed as an exposure site by Public Health, but this extends the exposure period into after-school activities.
For a complete list of exposure sites, visit our measles exposure site page.
Of the confirmed Clark County measles cases, 44 are children younger than 11. There are 15 cases between the ages of 11 and 18, one between the ages of 19 and 29 and two between the ages of 30 and 39.
For more information on the outbreak, visit Clark County Public Health’s measles investigation…
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