A Pell City baby has tested positive for measles, the child's mother tells WVTM 13's Larissa Scott.The 5-month-old is the first confirmed case in Alabama. Prior to being tested on Monday, the child had a fever, runny nose and a rash. The child was too young to be vaccinated.Alabama health officials held a news conference to announce the confirmed measles case and urge people to check their immunization status. Watch the presser on Facebook or Twitter.According to the health department, from the time that a person is exposed to measles, it can take 7-21 days for signs and symptoms to occur with an average of 10-14 days. People are contagious from four days before the rash develops until four days after. Look for more updates here and on WVTM 13 News. Grab the WVTM 13 News app and follow this developing story.MEASLES NEWS:ADPH investigating reports of possible measlesMeasles Q&APossible exposures in AlabamaAlabama doctors preparing for possible measles casesHere's why people born before 1989 may need another dose of the measles vaccineHow to find out if you're immune to measles

A Pell City baby has tested positive for measles, the child's mother tells WVTM 13's Larissa Scott.

The 5-month-old is the first confirmed case in Alabama. Prior to being tested on Monday, the child had a fever, runny nose and a rash. The child was too young to be vaccinated.


Alabama health officials held a news conference to announce the confirmed measles case and urge people to check their immunization status. Watch the presser on Facebook or Twitter.

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BREAKING: Alabama Department of Public Health says there is now a confirmed case of measles in a baby. The mother of the baby tells me she had symptoms of a runny nose, fever, and rash. She says they went to the doctor on Monday. @WVTM13 pic.twitter.com/QXrLcJCTEE — Larissa Scott (@LarissaWFTS) May 2, 2019

According to the health department, from the time that a person is exposed to measles, it can take 7-21 days for signs and symptoms to occur with an average of 10-14 days. People are contagious from four days before the rash develops until four days after.

Look for more updates here and on WVTM 13 News. Grab the WVTM 13 News app and follow this developing story.

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ADPH investigating reports of possible measles



Measles Q&A



Possible exposures in Alabama



Alabama doctors preparing for possible measles cases



Here's why people born before 1989 may need another dose of the measles vaccine



How to find out if you're immune to measles

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