Vaccination Clinics Planned in North Dakota as Measles Cases Rise

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(By: North Dakota Monitor staff) – More measles cases have been reported in Williams County, with health officials now concerned about community transmission, the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services said.

The newly confirmed cases are people who were unvaccinated and had no reported contact with people previously diagnosed, the department said.

Four people diagnosed with measles were in Willison schools while infectious, according to a news release.

Unvaccinated students should be excluded from school for 21 days under North Dakota Century Code, the department said. Staff without documentation of the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine who were not born before 1957 should also be excluded. The department advised unvaccinated staff and children in the affected schools to stay home and monitor for symptoms.

These are the affected schools and dates of exclusion:

• Missouri Ridge Elementary: May 7 – May 23
• Williston Middle School: May 7 – May 21
• Williston High School: May 7 – May 21