FREMONT, Neb.: Several children attending a Washington County child care are under a 21-day quarantine after health officials announced that a child with a confirmed case of the measles could have exposed them to the disease.
Terra Uhing, executive director of Three Rivers Health Department, said her department has been working with Little Blossom’s Childcare in Blair to identify possible exposures, the Fremont Tribune reported.
“Basically any child that was not vaccinated is being now held out for 21 days,” Uhing said.
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services says a person is considered immune if they have received the two doses of vaccine or if they were born before 1957 and previously had measles.
Health experts recommend that children get two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine – the first between 12 and 15 months of age, and again between 4 and 6 years old.
The Blair child care facility was caring for several children younger than 12 months of age who had not yet been vaccinated, Uhing said.
It’s the second case of measles confirmed in the region, and Three Rivers health officials are searching for a link between Nebraska’s two cases. Nebraska’s first confirmed measles case has been traced to an outbreak that originated last month in California, where there are now 91 confirmed cases.
Measles, which is spread through the air, is highly contagious. Symptoms include fever, runny nose and a blotchy rash.
People at highest risk are those who are unvaccinated, pregnant women, infants under 6 months old and those with weakened immune systems. -AP
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