Person With Measles Visited Multiple DC Locations, Officials Warn

WASHINGTON, DC — A person with measles visited multiple locations in Washington, D.C. while contagious, prompting health officials to warn others who may have been exposed.

DC Health confirmed the case in a statement released Tuesday.

Officials said the infected person traveled on an Amtrak train, went through Union Station and later visited an urgent care center in Adams Morgan.

Below are the dates, times and locations of the potential exposure sites associated with this case of measles:

• Amtrak Northeast Regional 175 Train Southbound:
  • March 19, 7:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.
• Amtrak Concourse, Union Station, 50 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002
  • March 19, 11 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.
• MedStar Urgent Care Adams Morgan, 1805 Columbia Rd NW, Washington, DC 20009
• March 22, 7 p.m. - 11 p.m.

The case is the latest to be confirmed in the region.

Last week, Maryland Department of Health officials said two Prince George’s County residents who recently traveled together internationally recently tested positive for measles, possibly exposing people who used Dulles or Ronald Reagan airports or visited Kaiser Permanente Largo Medical Center in Upper Marlboro.

These cases were not associated with a Howard County, Maryland, resident who traveled out of the county and contracted measles earlier this month, or the measles outbreak in New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma.

A confirmed case of measles was also found last week at John Hanson Montessori School in Prince George's County, according to officials.

Measles symptoms appear 7 to 14 days after contact with the virus and typically include high fever, cough, runny nose, and watery eyes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Measles rash appears 3 to 5 days after the first symptoms.

The virus can be dangerous, especially for babies and young children, health officials said.

Measles can be prevented with the MMR vaccine. Two doses are about 97 percent effective at preventing measles, while one dose is about 93 percent effective, health officials said.