Overview
- State and local health departments issued an exposure notice in Grant County after a measles case was confirmed in northern Kentucky earlier this week.
- Officials traced the exposure to an unvaccinated out-of-state traveler who stayed at the Dry Ridge Holiday Inn Express from Dec. 28–30 and visited the Ark Encounter in Williamstown on Dec. 29.
- NKY Health and KDPH said they alerted the public because many contacts could not be identified, advising 21 days of symptom monitoring and checks of measles vaccination status, with people born before 1957 generally considered immune.
- Measles spreads through the air and can linger indoors for up to two hours after an infected person departs, and those without immunity are urged to avoid high‑risk settings or large gatherings.
- Ark Encounter said it emailed alerts to 775 guest families who visited on Dec. 29 and reported no known additional cases among guests as of its statement.