RICHMOND — A September case of measles identified in eastern Virginia triggered an expensive contact tracing effort in order to contain the highly contagious disease, according to recent testimony shared by U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine.

The Virginia Democrat relayed the details during the Wednesday hearing of Dr. Susan Monarez, the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who was recently fired for refusing to comply with vaccine directives issued by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

On Sept. 3, the Virginia Department of Health diagnosed measles in a school-age child who had recently travelled internationally. The child attended school for one day, Kaine said, and then visited a CVS pharmacy and two children’s hospitals in Virginia Beach and Norf

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