An unvaccinated Georgia State University student has been diagnosed with measles, the seventh case in Georgia this year, after spending time on campus, at Inter Atlanta FC soccer games and practices, and at a restaurant at Ponce City Market over a nine-day period.
The amount of time the patient spent in public while potentially infectious between Sept. 2 and 11 will require “an absolutely massive contact investigation,” said Scott Thorpe, executive director of the Southern Alliance for Public Health Leadership.
The student spent time while infectious in two buildings at GSU (the Aderhold Learning Building and Langdale Hall), at the Sweetgreen restaurant on North Avenue, and at Inter Atlanta FC soccer practices and games, according to a Georgia Department of Public Health press release is