A University of Utah health clinic with a sign warning of measles is pictured in Salt Lake City on June 30, 2025. (Photo by McKenzie Romero/Utah News Dispatch)

Salt Lake County health officials announced on Wednesday that they have identified what is likely the county’s first case of measles amid an ongoing national outbreak.

The Salt Lake County Health Department said in a news release it was alerted to the “probable” case late Monday and spent Tuesday “attempting to contact the patient to conduct a disease investigation.”

“The patient has declined to be tested, or to fully participate in our disease investigation, so 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,” Salt Lake County Health

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