Second Measles Case Confirmed in Georgia, Both Unvaccinated and Linked to Previous Family Exposure

WUGA | By Jeff Dantre

Published January 29, 2024 at 1:37 PM EST

A doctor listens to a child's breathing.

A second case of measles in Georgia has been identified by the Georgia Department of Public Health. The AJC reports those infected are both unvaccinated and belong to the same family. Last week, DPH announced the first confirmed case of measles in an unvaccinated person who was exposed while traveling out of the country. DPH worked to identify anyone who may have had contact with the person while he or she was infectious. There are no additional exposures related to this second case because the person was quarantining at home with the other family member with measles.

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Jeff has delivered morning news at WUGA Radio for more than a decade. He was among a team at CNN that won a George Foster Peabody Award in 1991 for an educational product based on the fall of the Soviet Union. He also won an Edward R. Murrow Award from Radio Television Digital News Association in 2007 for producing a series for WSB Radio on financial scams. Jeff is a graduate of the Babcock Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest University (MBA) and holds a BS in Business Administration from Campbell University, both in North Carolina.

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