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Measles exposure warning issued for four New York counties
A traveler from Europe may have exposed people to measles [healthcureplus.com]
in Chemung, Genesee, Livingston and Niagara counties, the New York state Department of Health warned Saturday.
The traveler, who has a confirmed case of measles, visited multiple sites in upstate New York on April 30, and May 1-2.
Anyone who visited the following locations on these dates and times could have been exposed:
Old Country Buffet, 821 Country Route 64, Elmira, between 1 and 4 p.m. April 30.
Ontario Travel Plaza on the New York state Thruway in Le Roy, between 4 and 6:30 p.m. April 30.
Sheraton Niagara Falls, 300 3rd Street, Niagara Falls, from 5:30 p.m. April 30 to 9:30 a.m. on May 2.
Niagara Falls Urgent Care, 3117 Military Road. Suite 2, Niagara Falls, between 3 and 6 p.m. May 1.
Exit 5 on Interstate 390 in Dansville, from 9:30 a.m. to noon May 2.
The times reflect the period that the infected person was in these areas and a two-hour period after the individual left the area. The virus remains alive in the air and on surfaces for up to two hours.
