The person had been exposed to measles while at a migrant shelter in Chicago. The city has had 52 confirmed measles cases this year.
CHICAGO -- Public health officials on Friday announced the first confirmed case of measles in the Cook County suburbs, linked to an outbreak at a Chicago migrant shelter.The Cook County Department of Public Health confirmed a suburban Cook County resident was exposed to measles while at a migrant shelter in Chicago. That person was later diagnosed with measles and has since recovered and is no longer contagious.
The rash appears in small, red, raised bumps. The rash typically begins on the face and neck and then spreads down the body. Tiny white spots may appear inside the mouth between two and three days after symptoms begin, according to the CDC. Measles is more contagious than COVID and flu, according to Dr. Katrine Wallace, an epidemiologist at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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