San Andreas, CA – Calaveras Public Health Officer, Dr. Dean Kelaita, today announced that the Health and Human Services Agency, Public Health Division, has received report of a local resident of Calaveras County diagnosed with measles. The unvaccinated child resides in the Valley Springs area and developed measles after returning to California from traveling overseas. Prior to being diagnosed, the child had contact with several members of the public in Calaveras County and Amador Counties. Public Health officials are contacting the potentially exposed groups with information to prevent development of illness. We have seen a decrease in the number of children protected with vaccinations in Calaveras” said Dr. Kelaita. “A person with measles can transmit the infection to others not protected by immunization.”

Measles is a highly contagious, viral disease that is spread through the air when a person sick with the disease coughs or sneezes. Symptoms begin with fever, cough, runny nose and red, watery eyes. These symptoms are followed by a rash that typically appears on the face along

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