Health officials: No measles reported after potential exposure, COVID cases down
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Updated: 9:01 AM EDT Apr 15, 2024
LEADING THE WAY. WELCOME BACK. A REPORTED CASE OF MEASLES CAUSING HEALTH LEADERS IN CINCINNATI TO SOUND THE ALARM. YOU MIGHT SAY THIS IS BAD NEWS WITH THE SILVER LINING. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S CURTIS COURTIS LIVE RIGHT NOW FROM CINCINNATI HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO EXPLAIN. HI. HI, CURTIS. HI THERE, MIKE AND ASHLEY. YOU KNOW, THE HEALTH COMMISSIONER SAYS KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON WHAT HAPPENED. THIS CASE INVOLVES AN INDIVIDUAL WITH MEASLES WHO ATTENDED A PUBLIC EVENT JUST LAST FRIDAY. THE PERSON, NOT A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF CINCINNATI. BUT WHEN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS ALERTED ABOUT THIS, THEY SENT OUT THIS INFORMATION TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE NEARLY 5000 PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED THIS EVENT LAST WEEK. MEASLES IS TEN TIMES AS INFECTIOUS AS COVID, SO. IT IS TEN TIMES YES, MEASLES. MEASLES IS ONE OF THE MOST, IF NOT THE MOST INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE WORLD. CINCINNATI’S HEALTH COMMISSIONER, UNDERSCORING THE SERIOUSNESS OF A RECENT MEASLES EXPOSURE INCIDENT AT HERITAGE BANK CENTER DURING A DISNEY ON ICE PERFORMANCE, SIMILAR TO THIS 1ST MARCH EIGHTH. IMPORTANT INFORMATION IF YOU ATTENDED THE SHOW. OR WERE IN THE HERITAGE BANK CENTER UP TO TWO HOURS AFTER THE PERFORMANCE, YOU MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED, BUT THE HEALTH COMMISSIONER SAYS, DON’T PANIC, AND HERE’S WHY. MOST PEOPLE ARE PROTECTED AGAINST MEASLES, AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF GETTING SICK FROM MEASLES. IF YOU’RE IMMUNIZED IS VERY SMALL. IT’S NOT ZERO. BUT IT’S IT’S GETTING CLOSE TO THAT SYMPTOM. INCLUDE HIGH FEVER, COUGH, RUNNY NOSE, WATERY EYES AND A RASH THAT TYPICALLY APPEARS 3 TO 5 DAYS AFTER OTHER SYMPTOMS. VACCINATION REMAINS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO PREVENT MEASLES, AND ANY PERSON WHO MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED OR DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS SHOULD ISOLATE UNTIL TESTING. ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE. WE TYPICALLY GIVE THEM MMR VACCINE AT ONE YEAR OF AGE, SO IF THEY WERE BABIES AT THE EVENT, IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO TALK TO THEIR PEDIATRICIAN OR PROVIDER TO SEE IF THEY SHOULD GET A MEASLES VACCINE EARLY SO YOU CAN GIVE THE VACCINE AS EARLY AS SIX MONTHS. AND HERE IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT NOTE THAT I WANT TO PASS ALONG. FOLKS WITH SYMPTOMS SHOULD NOT GO TO DIRECTLY TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. ACCORDING TO THE HEALTH COMMISSIONER. AND HERE’S THE REASON WHY HE’S SAYING YOU SHOULD ISOLATE AND THEN CALL TO ARRANGE THIS KIND OF TESTING FOR MEASLES. AND THE REASON WHY, IF YOU GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, YOU CREATE A POTENTIAL TO EXPOSE OTHE
Health officials: No measles reported after potential exposure, COVID cases down
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Updated: 9:01 AM EDT Apr 15, 2024
No reports of any measles cases were reported following a potential exposure at Heritage Bank Center last month, the Cincinnati Health Department said Monday.“We took prompt action following the news of thousands of people having been exposed to measles because this is a very infectious disease, much more infectious that COVID for those who are not immune,” said Grant Mussman, M.D., MHSA, Cincinnati Health Department Commissioner, in a press release. “Fortunately, most individuals have received the MMR vaccine, which provides robust protection against measles. "This is yet another example of the importance of being up to date with important vaccines so we can minimize the risk of preventable viral infections.”In addition, CHD also reported that COVID-19 infections in the city continue to decrease, and are currently at a low transmission rate. Health officials say COVID-19 is still present and infecting people but add that data has shown individuals up to date on their COVID-19 vaccines have lower risk of sever illness, hospitalization, long COVID and death from the virus than people who are unvaccinated or who have not completed CDC-recommended doses.
CINCINNATI — No reports of any measles cases were reported following a potential exposure at Heritage Bank Center last month, the Cincinnati Health Department said Monday.
“We took prompt action following the news of thousands of people having been exposed to measles because this is a very infectious disease, much more infectious that COVID for those who are not immune,” said Grant Mussman, M.D., MHSA, Cincinnati Health Department Commissioner, in a press release. “Fortunately, most individuals have received the MMR vaccine, which provides robust protection against measles.
"This is yet another example of the importance of being up to date with important vaccines so we can minimize the risk of preventable viral infections.”
In addition, CHD also reported that COVID-19 infections in the city continue to decrease, and are currently at a low transmission rate.
Health officials say COVID-19 is still present and infecting people but add that data has shown individuals up to date on their COVID-19 vaccines have lower risk of sever illness, hospitalization, long COVID and death from the virus than people who are unvaccinated or who have not completed CDC-recommended doses.
