SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Salt Lake County Health Department has confirmed the county’s first case of measles since 2011.
Department officials say a child is recovering from the contagious virus after contracting it while traveling abroad.
County medical director Dagmar Vitek says it should serve as a reminder for residents to make sure their measles vaccinations are up to date.
Vitek says more than 90 percent of the children in Utah schools and childcare facilities are adequately vaccinated. But he says that still leaves a number of youths and others who are unprotected from the virus that in rare cases can cause death.
He says it’s especially important for pregnant women, infants and people with weakened immune systems to get their measles shot.
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