Wasatch County Reports 2 Measles Cases at Schools, Sending Unvaccinated Students Home for 21 Days
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Updated · KSLTV · May 21
Wasatch County Reports 2 Measles Cases at Schools, Sending Unvaccinated Students Home for 21 Days
10 articles · Updated · KSLTV · May 21
Wasatch County health officials said positive measles cases were identified at Timpanogos Middle School and Old Mill Elementary, with possible exposures on May 14 and 15.
21 days of home isolation were ordered for students without MMR protection at Timpanogos Middle, and for unvaccinated third graders at Old Mill Elementary.
Those exclusion periods mean affected students may miss the rest of the school year, based on the reported exposure dates.
Measles can linger in the air for up to 2 hours, officials said, and about 9 in 10 non-immune people become infected after exposure.
Symptoms typically appear within 1 to 3 weeks, and county health officer Jonelle Fitzgerald urged vaccination as the best protection.
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