On Saturday, the West Virginia Department of Health (WVDOH) confirmed the state’s first case of measles since 2009. The individual who tested positive for the virus had recently traveled internationally and was under-vaccinated. As a result, 152 people were potentially exposed to the virus, with 62 of them lacking documentation of adequate immunization against measles and being considered at high risk of infection.
New information released by the WVDOH revealed that those potentially exposed to the virus were located in various counties across West Virginia, including Berkeley, Braxton, Brooke, Doddridge, Gilmer, Grant, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Hancock, Kanawha, Logan, Marion, Marshall, Mason, McDowell
