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The Nassau County Department of Health confirmed the second case on Thursday, Sept. 19, and said it was working to determine the potential exposure to the public.
Measles is a serious respiratory disease that causes a rash and fever. It is very contagious. You can catch it just by being in a room where someone with measles coughed or sneezed. People usually develop a fever, then may have a cough, runny nose, and watery eyes, followed by a rash.
The department said that the infected person rode the LIRR on several occasions and listed the following locations as possible exposure sites:
Wednesday, Sept. 11:
- LIRR -- Mineola Station to New York Penn Station between the hours of 3 and 7 p.m.
- LIRR -- New York Penn Station to LIRR, Mineola Station between the hours of 11:15 p.m. – 2:30 a.m.
Thursday, Sept. 12:
- LIRR -- Mineola Station to New York Penn Station between the hours of 10:15 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
- LIRR -- New York Penn Station to LIRR Mineola Station between the hours of 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 14:
Noches de Columbia Restaurant, 204 Jericho Turnpike, Mineola, NY, between the hours of 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
- MTA shuttle from LIRR, Mineola Station to LIRR, Hempstead station between the hours of 2:30 to 5 p.m.
- LIRR -- Hempstead Station to LIRR, Jamaica Station between the hours of 3 to 6 p.m.
- LIRR -- Jamaica Station to New York Penn Station between the hours of 3:50 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
- LIRR -- New York Penn Station to LIRR, Hempstead Station between the hours of 10:00 p.m. – 2:30 a.m.
- MTA shuttle from LIRR, Hempstead Station to LIRR, Mineola Station between the hours 12:15 a.m. – 2:30 a.m.
These times reflect the period that the infected individual was in the identified areas and a two-hour period after they left those areas because the virus remains alive in air and on surfaces for up to two hours.
For additional information about measles, visit https://www.health.ny.gov/publications/2170/.
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