SPOKANE, Wash. — A Spokane County resident is presumed positive for measles after developing symptoms consistent with the highly contagious disease, local health officials announced Monday.

The Spokane Regional Health District is treating the case as presumed positive while awaiting laboratory confirmation expected by Aug. 27.

Anyone present at Providence Sacred Heart Pediatric and Adult Emergency Departments on Sunday, Aug. 24, between 6:08 a.m. and 10:41 a.m. may have been exposed to measles, said the SRHD

This adds to previously announced exposure sites at the same hospital on Aug. 12, 13 and 15.

Health officials are urging all residents to immediately check their vaccination status and ensure they are current with the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.

SRHD said adults shou

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