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Ohio health officials issued a warning to attendees at a Disney on Ice show in Cincinnati last week may have been exposed to measles.
The Cincinnati Health Department reported a person with measles attended the show on March 8 at Heritage Bank Center, which seats more than 17,000 people.
People at the show or who were in the building up to two hours after the 7 pm should stay vigilant for symptoms of infection – high fever, cough, runny nose, watery eyes, and a rash beginning 3-5 days after other symptoms occur.
The United States appears to be heading down the path of a potential measles crisis, with cases in the first two months of 2024 nearly outpacing the whole of last year.
People who attended the March 8 Disney on Ice show were exposed to a case of measles, according to local health officials
The case in Ohio comes on the heels of two cases being confirmed at a migrant shelter in Chicago
A total of 45 measles cases were recorded in the US over the first two months of 2024 across 17 states, data from the CDC suggests, near the tally of 58 infections recorded in the whole of 2023.
Florida is a hotspot with at least 10 infections linked to Manatee Bay Elementary School in South Florida.
Ohio has reported four cases of measles so far this year. In one of the counties where a case was reported, Montgomery County, it was the first measles infection since 2005.
And it comes on the heels of a second measles case being confirmed in a migrant shelter in Chicago, marking the first cases in the state in the last five years
