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Wed Apr 24, 2024, 05:09 AM Apr 2024

Vermont confirms measles case (Colchester Hampton Inn warning) [View all]

https://vtdigger.org/2024/04/23/vermont-confirms-first-measles-case-since-2018/

Vermont confirms first measles case since 2018

The Department of Health said that the risk to Vermonters is low, but it urged visitors to a Colchester hotel last week to take precautionary measures.

By Peter D'Auria
April 23, 2024, 5:56 pm

State officials have confirmed a case of measles in Vermont, officials announced Tuesday, the first confirmed case in the state since 2018.

The individual who was confirmed to have the disease had come to Vermont for an “international group program,” according to a Department of Health press release, and had stayed at the Hampton Inn in Colchester earlier this month.

“The health risk to members of the public in Vermont is low,” the department said in its press release. “However, there was a limited possibility of exposure at the hotel where some of the travelers were staying.”

State officials are urging anyone who was at the hotel on Wednesday, April 17, prior to 3:45 p.m. to take certain measures to ensure they didn’t contract the disease.

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