The Maryland Department of Health said the person traveled on trains from Jan. 7-8.<\/p>\n
A confirmed case of measles was reported in a person who traveled last week through Maryland while infectious, state health officials announced Sunday.<\/p>\n
The Maryland Department of Health said the person traveled on trains from Jan. 7-8, according to a news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n However, the agency said anyone who may have been near the following public areas may have been exposed:<\/p>\n Amtrak Northeast Regional train from Philadelphia\u2019s 30th Street Station to D.C.\u2019s Union Station from 9 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on Jan. 7. State health officials said people who were not in these locations at the times specified were not exposed to the infectious person while they were in Maryland.<\/p>\n MDH also said there were no exposures identified inside the terminals of the BWI Marshall Airport.<\/p>\n The agency said additional exposures sites occurred in other states, and that information related to those exposures will be provided by those states.<\/p>\n In a separate statement<\/a>, the Virginia Department of Health also flagged the Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center Emergency Department and Executive Medicine Suite in Fort Belvoir as a potential exposure site.<\/p>\n Officials said anyone who traveled to the site Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 10 p.m. to midnight, may have been exposed.<\/p>\n VDH described the patient as a \u201cpreschool-age child\u201d who had \u201crecently traveled internationally.\u201d The department said the incident marks the state\u2019s second measles of the year.<\/p>\n What to do if you\u2019ve been exposed<\/p>\n If you think you\u2019ve been exposed, MDH suggests finding out if you\u2019ve been vaccinated for measles or have had it before. If you\u2019ve gotten two doses of a measles vaccine, or were born before 1957, you are generally considered protected.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re not sure if you\u2019ve been immunized, check your status by calling your health care provider or requesting records<\/a> through the My Immunization Record online portal.<\/p>\n
\nAmtrak\u2019s BWI Marshall Airport shuttle bus to and from the BWI Marshall train station and the drop-off points outside of the lower level of the airport from 10:45 p.m. on Jan. 7 to 1:30 a.m. on Jan. 8.
\nBWI Marshall Airport parking shuttle bus to and from the lower levels outside of the BWI Marshall Airport and the airport\u2019s long-term parking lots from 11 p.m. on Jan. 7 to 2 a.m. on Jan. 8.<\/p>\n