Officials from the El Dorado County Health Department issued a public health notice on Friday, warning that several hundred people may have been exposed to measles after a juvenile from El Dorado County was diagnosed with the disease following a visit to the San Joaquin Urgent Care of UC Davis earlier this week.
The health department reports that the child with a confirmed case of measles visited the San Joaquin Urgent Care and the emergency department at UC Davis on Tuesday, March 5. It is believed that approximately 300 people may have been exposed to the virus.
“UC Davis Health, in consultation with local county health officers, began contacting about 300 people who were in the Emergency Department at UC Davis Medical Center on March 5 when a child who returned from travel out of the country was being evaluated for suspected measles. UC Davis has a record of each patient and employee who was in the Emergency Department that day, and notifications about potential exposure are taking place through the electronic medical records online messaging portal, letters, in person, and over the phone. Only those individuals deemed at risk of exposure during that afternoon and evening are being contacted,” reads a statement issued by the facility.
Officials stated that anyone who was in the UC Davis facility between 12 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Tuesday is asked to call the El Dorado County Public Health line at 530-621-6320.