2nd Measles Patient Visited Arlington Heights Health Center: CCDPH

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL — Cook County Health is notifying patients and visitors, including those who were at the Arlington Heights Health Center last Thursday about potential measles exposures within its facilities. The Chicago Department of Health said the exposure are related to two confirmed measles cases.

Following a patient at Chicago's Stroger Hospital Emergency Department testing positive for measles on Feb. 27, a second patient visited CCH's Arlington Heights Health Center and CCH's Professional Building on March 7. That person later tested positive for measles.

Officials are asking any person who was at the Arlington Heights Health Center, located at 3250 N. Arlington Heights Road, between noon and 2 p.m. March 7 to contact the Cook County Department of Public Health at 708-836-8600. Any person who was at the CCH Professional Building between 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., should contact the Chicago Department of Public Health at 312-743-7216.

"Cook County Health followed all appropriate reporting protocols with our local and state public health authorities in responding to these cases," the agency said in a Monday news release. "The health system is coordinating with CDPH and CCDPH to contact patients and staff known to be in the vicinity of patients with measles during their visits. CCH staff who may have been exposed are also being notified. We believe the risk to our staff is low, as vaccination is a requirement of employment at Cook County Health."

Chicago health officials on Sunday announced the city’s third measles case in less than a week and its second to come out of a migrant shelter in the Pilsen neighborhood.

The latest patient is a young child who attends a Chicago public school, district CEO Pedro Martinez said in a message to families. The child is hospitalized in good condition, according to the Chicago Department of Public Health.

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