Richmond: Five people who recently traveled to Virginia from Afghanistan had been diagnosed with measles, said state health officials on Tuesday.
The cases were reported four days after the United States stopped the flight bound from Evacuees Afghane after the discovery of several cases of measles between new arrivals.
The Department of Health Virginia said in the news release that the people were part of the efforts of the US government’s emergency evacuation from Afghanistan, which was recently under the Taliban rule.
Virginia health officials do not offer specifically on Tuesday about where people who are infected are.
But they said they worked to identify and contact people who might have been exposed in three parts of the country.
These places include Dulles International Airport, where several refugees flew to the US, and other parts of North Virginia.
Health officials also work to tell people who have the potential to be exposed at an unknown Richmond Hospital.
They also worked to identify exposure at Fort Pickett, a national guard base of the Army in southwest Richmond which provided temporary housing to just arrive.
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Measles is a very contagious disease that can spread through coughing, sneezing and contact with droplets from the nose, mouth or throat.
Most Americans are vaccinated in children.