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Measles Case Linked to Milwaukee Airport Prompts Investigation as Walworth Wastewater Detects Virus

Officials report the traveler was exposed outside Wisconsin, with no link to Dane or Waukesha cases.

Overview

  • Passengers on Southwest flight WN 266 from Phoenix and anyone at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport on Jan. 29 between about 10:31 p.m. and 12:31 a.m. may have been exposed.
  • Wisconsin DHS, the Milwaukee Health Department, and Walworth County officials are conducting contact tracing and will directly notify identified close contacts.
  • The infected traveler has been instructed to isolate, according to the Milwaukee Health Department.
  • Health authorities say there are no confirmed cases in Milwaukee County and no known public exposure sites in Walworth County.
  • DHS urges residents to confirm measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccination status because the virus spreads easily through the air.