SALT LAKE COUNTY (ABC4) — The Salt Lake County Health Department (SLCoHD) has identified what they believe is the first case of measles in Salt Lake County.

SLCoHD was alerted to the probable case on Monday. The patient declined to be tested and to fully participate in the disease investigation.

"We will not be able to technically confirm the illness or properly do contact tracing to warn anyone with whom the patient may have had contact,” said Dorothy Adams, SLCoHD executive director. “But based on the specific symptoms reported by the healthcare provider and the limited conversation our investigators have had with the patient, this is very likely a case of measles in someone living in Salt Lake County.”

Following the situation, SLCoHD is asking people to provide health officials with

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