WASHINGTON โ Passengers on a recent Amtrak Northeast Regional train and at Washington Union Station may have been exposed to measles, according to District of Columbia health officials.
An advisory from DC Health says passengers aboard trip Northeast Regional train No. 175 on Wednesday, March 19, may have been exposed from 7:30 p.m., when the train left New York, to 1 a.m., and at the Amtrak concourse at Washington Union Station between 11 p.m. and 1:30 a.m.
The health agency says those who might have been exposed and are not immune should contact their health care provider, or call DC Health at 844-493-2652 for more guidance. Those who have been exposed and have not had a measles vaccine or a measles-containing vaccine (measles, mumps, or rubella) should watch for symptoms for 21 days following exposure.
More information is available here.
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