The Illinois Department of Public Health is confirming a second case of measles at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport.
The latest instance is not related to the case reported last week at O’Hare.
Public Health spokesperson Melaney Arnold says the patients were already infected before passing through the airport, and that this is not considered an outbreak. “The one individual who flew into O’Hare then left on another domestic flight to another state. This latest case of measles that was reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health, did stay in Illinois and has been to a couple of different areas in the Chicago area.”
Those who may have come in contact with the patient could develop symptoms as late as February first. Symptoms include a rash, high fever cough and runny nose.
