UCLA officials announced Thursday that more than 100 students and staff members who have been exposed to measles will be quarantined for at least a day.
A UCLA student is among those diagnosed with measles in L.A. County this year. Health officials have ordered that students and staff exposed to measles who cannot show they have been vaccinated be quarantined until further notice.
The announcement comes on the same day California health officials said 38 people had been infected with measles so far this year in the state, an increase of 15 from the previous week. Measles has been spiking nationwide this year, with 695 cases in 22 states reported so far, the most in the U.S. since 2000.in the northern part of the state, health officials also declared outbreaks in Los Angeles and in Sacramento County this week.
Measles is one of the most contagious viruses in the world, spread by coughing and sneezing. Even after a sick person leaves a room, the virus can linger in the air for as long as two hours, able to infect an unsuspecting victim. At Cal State L.A., 156 library employees — both students and staff — who may have been around the infected student earlier this month, also could not provide their immunization records, according to a statement from the university.
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