DHSS: Someone with measles traveled through St. Louis airport

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

An out-of-state resident who was diagnosed with measles traveled through St. Louis Lambert International Airport earlier this month, according to a Tuesday press release from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.

The release says the infected person was at the airport between 5-7 p.m. Feb. 7 and was at Terminal 2, baggage claimed and road a shuttle to the parking area.

Everyone who may have come in contact with that individual should watch for symptoms for 21 days (in this case would be until Feb. 28), the release says.

This comes as measles outbreaks have occurred recently in South Carolina and Texas. Cases in North Carolina, Washington and California have been linked to the South Carolina outbreak, according to reporting from CNN.

The DHSS says measles is highly contagious and can “easily pass it on to 9 out of 10 people around them who are unvaccinated or do not have natural immunity.”