CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - Cook County Health is notifying patients and visitors about potential measles exposure within its facilities that’s connected to two of the Chicago cases.
Cook County Health (CCH) says on Feb. 27 a patient with measles-like symptoms was at the Stroger Hospital Emergency Department, and their test for measles came back positive on March 5.
On March 7, a second patient, who visited Arlington Heights Health Center and Cook County Health's Professional Building, later tested positive for measles.
Anyone who was at Stroger’s ER on Feb. 27 between noon and 11 58 p.m. or at the Arlington Heights Health Center and CCH’s Professional Building on March 7 between noon and 2 p.m. should contact the Chicago Department of Public Health.
Cook County Health notes that they are coordinating with the Chicago Department of Public Health as well as Cook County Department of Public Health to contact patients and staff who were known to be in the area of the infected patients.
Staff who may have been exposed have been notified, the health system says.
The risk to Cook County Health’s staff is low, CCH says, due to their vaccination requirement for all employees.
Cook County Health also says it offers medical assessments to new arrivals who have gone through the city intake process, including offering all essential vaccines.
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