Officials from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment warned on Monday about a possible measles exposure at Denver International Airport. The incident that led to the warning happened last week.

File photo of Denver International Airport at dusk against the sunset sky on Nov. 26, 2021. Faina Gurevich / Getty Images

On Tuesday an out-of-state traveler who had a confirmed case of measles arrived at the airport in the late afternoon and then departed on a different flight, the CDPHE said in a news release.

The incoming and outgoing flights were both at Concourse C. The arriving flight came into Gate 51. The departing flight left from Gate 50. The time of possible exposure was between 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Dr. Rachel Herlihy, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer and State

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