Measles cases in Wake, Durham and Johnston counties
COVERAGE. YOU CAN COUNT ON.
>> BREAKING RIGHT NOW AT 6 NEW
MEASLES CASES ARE DETECTED IN
OUR AREA. HEALTH OFFICIALS
WARNING PEOPLE ABOUT POSSIBLE
EXPOSURE AT PUBLIC PLACES AND
WAKE JOHNSTON AND DURHAM
COUNTIES. THIS MAP SHOWS WHERE
THE INFECTED PEOPLE VISITED
WHILE THEY WERE CONTAGIOUS FROM
GROCERY STORES AND GYMS TO
PHARMACIES AND HOSPITALS.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I'M GERALD OWENS AND I'M
MICHELLE MACKONOCHIE. STATE
HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE NOW
TRACKING THE SPREAD CLOSER TO
HOME WR HEALTH REPORTER GRACE
TABLE JOINS US LIVE FROM ONE OF
THOSE LOCATIONS AFTER SPEAKING
WITH SEVERAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS
AND HOSPITAL OFFICIALS, GRACE.
>> GERALD IN MICHELLE, WE KEEP
SAYING OVER AND OVER AGAIN,
JUST HOW HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS
MEASLES IS AND IF ANYTHING,
THE LAST HOUR OF TODAY IS A
PURE EXAMPLE OF THAT. WITHIN
THE LAST 30 MINUTES, WE HAVE
NOW LEARNED THAT DURHAM COUNTY
IS ALSO WARNING THE PUBLIC OF
MEASLES EXPOSURES AT THESE
LOCATIONS. WE WANT TO PUT THEM
UP ON THE SCREEN FOR YOU HERE.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. THE
GOODWILL OFF GARRETT ROAD,
CHEVY'S TACOS OFF HOPE VALLEY
AND PLATO'S CLOSET ON
RENAISSANCE PARKWAY. THEY SAY
THE PERSON WHO WENT TO THESE
LOCATIONS, IT WAS SICK AND SAY
THEY WERE NOT A DURHAM COUNTY
RESIDENT. NOW HERE IN WAKE
COUNTY OFFICIALS ALSO WARNING
PEOPLE HERE IN BRIAR CREEK
ABOUT VERY SIMILAR EXPOSURES.
THAT HAPPENED LAST THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY, AS YOU MENTIONED, ONE
OF THESE LOCATIONS, THIS GEM
HERE 0, 2, FITNESS IN BRIAR
CREEK AND AGAIN, WAKE COUNTY
OFFICIALS ALSO SAYING THAT THE
PERSON WHO VISITED THESE
LOCATIONS WAS NOT FROM WAKE
COUNTY. THEY SAY THEY WERE FROM
SOUTH CAROLINA IN TOWN VISITING
>> NEW MEASLES INFECTION AND
HER NEW GRIST FOR NORTH
CAROLINIANS, JOHNSON COUNTY
HEALTH OFFICIALS SPEAKING OUT
AFTER THE COUNTY'S FIRST
CONFIRMED MEASLES CASE IN 8
YEARS.
>> SO AS A PUBLIC HEALTH
DEPARTMENT, OF COURSE, WE ARE
IN RESPONSE MODE AT THIS POINT.
THE INFECTED PATIENT WAS SEEN
AT THE UNC HEALTH JOHNSTON,
EMERGENCY ROOM ON SATURDAY.
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES DO NOT
OBSERVE ANY BORDERS. WE KNOW
THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT
CITY OR COUNTY OR STATE YOU'RE
IN. HOSPITAL OFFICIALS SAY SO
FAR THAT IMMEDIATE ISOLATION
SEEMS TO HAVE WORKED WITH NO
OTHER CASES TIED TO THAT
PATIENT'S TIME IN THE ER
REPORTED THIS PARTICULAR
PATIENT BECAUSE OF HIS
ADDITIONAL SUMS OF RATION
RECENT TRAVEL.
>> AND THEY WERE IMMEDIATELY
PLACED IN WHAT WE CALL NEGATIVE
PRESSURE ROOM. THIS COMES AS
OFFICIALS IN WAKE COUNTY
IDENTIFIED THESE 5 BUSINESSES
TIED TO POTENTIAL MEASLES
EXPOSURE IN BRIAR CREEK.
>> OFFICIALS SAY SOMEONE FROM
SOUTH CAROLINA WHO WAS SICK
WENT TO THESE PLACES WHILE IN
TOWN LAST WEEK, THE CALL TO
ACTION WITH THESE EXPOSURE
ANNOUNCEMENTS IS EITHER IF YOU
KNOW YOU'RE YOU'RE IMMUNE TO
WATCH FOR SYMPTOMS FOR 21 DAYS,
MONITOR YOURSELF. AND IF YOU
DO FEEL SICK, PLEASE CALL THE
HEALTH CARE PROVIDER BEFORE
YOU GO IN.
>> AND IF YOU DO NOT BELIEVE
YOU'RE IMMUNE, NO VACCINE OR
HAVEN'T HAD MEASLES BEFORE
CALLING YOUR HEALTHCARE
PROVIDER.
>> AGAIN, MEASLES IS ONE OF THE
MOST CONTAGIOUS DISEASES FOR
HUMANS VIRUS PARTICLES JUST
FROM A SIMPLE COUGH OR SNEEZE
FROM AN INFECTED PERSON.
EVEN IF THEY DON'T KNOW THEY
HAVE IT. THOSE CAN STAY IN A
ROOM AND IN THE AIR FOR HOURS
AFTER THAT PERSON LEAVES, THAT
IS WHY HEALTH OFFICIALS WANT
YOU TO LOOK AT THESE LOCATIONS
AND NO, IF YOU ARE EXPOSED AND
KNOW YOUR VACCINATION STATUS.
REMEMBER, IT DOES TAKE 2 DOSES
OF THE MMR VACCINE TO BE
CONSIDERED FULLY VACCINATED