09/04/2025
Virginia Health Officials Confirm Measles Case in Eastern Region
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 3, 2025
Media Contact: Brookie Crawford, brookie.crawford@vdh.virginia.gov
Virginia Health Officials Confirm Measles Case in Eastern Region
Virginia Department of Health is Working to Identify People Who Are at Risk
RICHMOND, Va. – The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is reporting the state’s fourth measles case of the year. The patient is a school age child (5-12 years) in the Eastern Region who recently traveled internationally. To protect the family’s privacy, VDH will not provide any additional information about the patient. Health officials are coordinating efforts to identify anyone who might have been exposed.
Listed below are the dates, times, and locations of the potential public exposure sites in Virginia:
Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters (CHKD) Health Center and Urgent Care at Loehmann’s Plaza, located at 3960 Virginia Beach Blvd in Virginia Beach Wednesday, August 27 from 5 to 8:30 p.m.
CVS Pharmacy, located at 300 Laskin Road in Virginia Beach Thursday, August 28 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
CHKD Emergency Department/Hospital, located at 601 Children’s Lane in Norfolk
Emergency Department: Saturday, August 30 from 1:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Hospital: from Saturday, August 30 at 6 p.m. to Monday, September 1 at 6 p.m.
For the latest information on measles cases and exposures in Virginia, please visit the VDH Measles website.
What should you do if you were at the above locations on the day and time specified?
If you have received two doses of a measles-containing vaccine, or were born before 1957, you are protected and do not need to take any action.
If you have never received a measles containing vaccine (either the measles, mumps and rubella [MMR] vaccine or a measles-only vaccine which is available in other countries), you may be at risk of developing measles. Anyone who might have been exposed and is considered to be at risk of developing measles should contact their healthcare provider promptly to discuss any questions they might have.
Everyone should watch for symptoms for 21 days after the date of your potential exposure. If you notice symptoms of measles, immediately isolate yourself by staying home. Contact your healthcare provider right away. If you need to seek healthcare, call ahead before going to your healthcare provider’s office or the emergency room to notify them that you may have been exposed to measles and ask them to call the local health department. This call will help protect other patients and staff.
Anyone with an immunocompromising condition should consult with their healthcare provider if they have questions or develop symptoms.
If you have received only one dose of a measles-containing vaccine, you are very likely to be protected and your risk of being infected with measles from any of these exposures is very low. However, to achieve the highest level of protection, contact your healthcare provider about getting a second vaccine dose.
Measles is a highly contagious illness that can spread easily through the air when an infected person breathes, coughs, or sneezes. Measles symptoms usually appear in two stages. In the first stage, most people have a fever of greater than 101 degrees, runny nose, watery red eyes, and a cough. These symptoms usually start seven to fourteen days after being exposed. The second stage starts three to five days after symptoms start, when a rash begins to appear on the face and spreads to the rest of the body. People with measles are contagious from four days before the rash appears through four days after the rash appeared.
Measles is preventable through a safe and effective MMR vaccine. Two doses of the vaccine are given to provide lifetime protection. Virginia has high measles vaccination rates, with approximately 95% of kindergarteners fully vaccinated against measles. However, infants who are too young to be vaccinated, and others who are not vaccinated, are very susceptible to infection if they are exposed to measles. Infants six months through 11 months of age who will be traveling internationally, or to an outbreak setting, should receive one dose of MMR vaccine prior to travel. Talk to your healthcare provider if you have questions about the MMR vaccine.
To check your immunization status, call your healthcare provider or request your vaccination records using the VDH Immunization Record Request Form. Virginia residents with additional questions about their potential exposure can contact their local health department or email epi_response@vdh.virginia.gov.
Virginia Beach residents may contact the Virginia Beach Department of Public Health at 757-278-6290.
Norfolk residents may contact the Norfolk Department of Public Health at 757-683-2735.
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