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Richland Public Health Investigating Potential Measles Exposure at Local Public Place
Richland County, Ohio - As part of the ongoing measles outbreak in Ohio, Richland Public Health is investigating a confirmed case of measles who visited a local public place while infectious with measles.
The measles case was at the following location during this date and time:
- Richland Mall, 2209 Richland Mall Ontario, Ohio - Monday, 11/28/22 from 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Any unvaccinated individual at this location, during the listed time, is encouraged to watch for symptoms of measles and to go to their health care provider if they are sick. If someone is sick and has symptoms, they should call their health care provider to let them know that they have potential measles exposure before going into the provider’s office.
Symptoms of measles appear seven to 21 days after contact with the virus and can include high fever, cough, runny nose and watery eyes. A measles rash typically appears three to five days after initial symptoms.
Measles is a vaccine-preventable disease that is highly contagious and spreads through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. The most important thing anyone can do to prevent measles is to get the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, which is safe and highly effective. One dose of MMR is 93% effective at preventing measles and two doses is 97% effective at preventing measles.
If your child is 12 months of age or older and has not been vaccinated with MMR, you should have them vaccinated right away. Richland Public Health offers measles vaccines for anyone one year and older. MMR vaccines are also available from health care providers.
Learn more about measles at richlandhealth.org/measles. Anyone with questions can call 419-774-4500.