Tennessee Reports First Measles Case in Five Years

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For the first time since 2019, a measles case has been confirmed in Tennessee.

The Tennessee Department of Health said the single positive test is a Tennessee resident who recently traveled internationally.

The individual then spent time in Kentucky during the infectious period as a student at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green.

Measles can spread through the air when an infected person speaks, coughs or sneezes.

Symptoms of the virus include fever, headaches, and a red spotty rash that spreads over the body.

Officials with the Tennessee Department of Health say the measles virus is highly infectious and potentially fatal.

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