Philadelphia Measles Outbreak Spreads to Daycare

Eight people diagnosed in the ongoing outbreak, with hospitals on high alert for new cases.

Eight people have been diagnosed with measles in an outbreak that started last month in Philadelphia, with the most recent two cases confirmed on Monday.
The outbreak began after a child who'd recently spent time in another country was admitted to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) with an infection, which was subsequently identified as measles.
Despite quarantine instructions, the child was sent to daycare, leading to four more people getting infected.
None of the people who've been diagnosed was immune to measles, indicating they either never got a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine or had not contracted measles in the past.
Philadelphia hospitals are on high alert for new cases, since measles is very contagious.