WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — D.C. and Virginia health officials warned that there may have been additional instances of measles exposure after two cases were confirmed in Prince George’s County, Md.
The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) and the DC Department of Health sent out news releases Thursday evening warning residents about the potential of exposure.
DC Health said that the two Maryland residents had “recently traveled internationally together and visited DC while contagious.”
Officials listed the following possible exposure sites in Virginia:
- Washington Dulles International Airport on Wednesday, March 5
- Concourse A, on transportation to the International Arrivals Building and in the baggage claim area between 8 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
- Ronald Reagan National Airport on Friday, March 14
- Terminal Shuttle Bus between 12 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
- Washington area Metro on Friday, March 14
- Yellow Line train from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport station, transferring at the L’Enfant Plaza station to the Silver Line train heading towards the Downtown Largo station between 12:15 p.m. and 3:15 p.m.
DC Health provided the following potential exposure sites in the District:
- Washington Dulles International Airport on Wednesday, March 5
- Concourse A, on transportation to the International Arrivals Building and in the baggage claim area between 8 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
- Kaiser Permanente Largo Medical Center
1221 Mercantile Ln.
Upper Marlboro, Md.- March 5, 7:30 p.m. – March 6, 4:30 a.m.
- March 13, 4:15 a.m. – 10 a.m.
- March 15, 7:35 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.
- March 17, 2:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
- Ronald Reagan National Airport on Friday, March 14
- Terminal Shuttle Bus between 12 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
- Washington area Metro on Friday, March 14
- Yellow Line train from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport station, transferring at the L’Enfant Plaza station to the Silver Line train heading towards the Downtown Largo station between 12:15 p.m. and 3:15 p.m.
- Passport Toyota
5001 Auth Way
Suitland, Md.- March 17, 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
If you were in one of the listed locations during the specified days and times and have not received a measles vaccine, you should contact your healthcare provider right away.
You also should monitor yourself for symptoms for 21 days starting from the date of your potential exposure.
Officials said that symptoms of measles often appear in two stages. In the first stage, people may have a fever over 101 degrees, a runny nose, watery red eyes and a cough. The second stage is a rash that starts on the face and spreads to the rest of the body.
The first stage typically starts between seven and 14 days after exposure. The second stage typically starts three to five days after symptoms start.
Anyone with measles is contagious from four days before the rash appears through four days after it appears.
If you notice any symptoms, you should isolate yourself, stay home and contact your healthcare provider.
You can find more information about measles in Virginia on VDH’s website. You can find more from D.C. here.
