Health District says check vaccination status

Officials are working to identify how the unvaccinated individual was exposed, but there is no indication of recent travel or contact with a known case. This measles case is not related to the large, national outbreak linked to an amusement park in California, which was declared over on April 17, 2015. Spokane County has not had a documented case of measles since 1994.

Most people have immunity to the measles through vaccination, so the risk to the general public is low. But with confirmation of measles virus here, the Spokane Regional Health District is advising individuals to check their chi...