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New Jersey health department officials have announced a potential measles exposure after a non-New Jersey resident visited the state while contagious. The New Jersey Department of Health said Monday that anyone in Terminal B of Newark Liberty International Airport between 2:15 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 19 was potentially exposed to the virus. Anyone who suspects they were exposed should contact their local health department and doctor before going to a medical office or emergency department, officials said. Those infected by the virus could exhibit symptoms as late as Nov. 9, and officials are working on contact tracing and notifying potential exposures, authorities said. Symptoms include a high fever, cough, runny nose, watery red eyes and a rash that typically appears around three to five days after the onset of symptoms, officials said. The rash usually appears on the face and hairline as flat red spots, but spreads downward through the torso. New Jersey has had 10 confirmed cases of measles in 2025 and seven in 2024, according to state health officials. In recent years, measles infections have soared to the highest levels in the U.S. since 1992, eight years before the disease was declared effectively absent from the U.S. population in 2000, officials said.
