Health officials in New Jersey are urging locals to stay up to date with the MMR vaccine and be on alert for symptoms after a NJ Transit rider tested positive for measles.

The case involved a Hudson County resident who was infected after close contact with a confirmed measles case in a non-New Jersey resident, the state Department of Health announced in a news release.

The “potentially infectious” individual, who has not been publicly identified, traveled on public transportation from Aug. 13 to 15, leading officials to warn fellow riders of potential exposure to the highly contagious virus.

Anyone who traveled on the following routes and stations during the specified times may have been exposed:

NJ Transit Hudson-Bergen Light Rail , 8th Street, Bayonne to Hoboken branch: 9-11:30 a

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