LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The Southern Nevada Health District is reporting the first confirmed case of measles in Clark County since 2018.

The case involves an infant who was not yet eligible to receive the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine.

The child was hospitalized and has since been discharged and is recovering.

Community members may have been exposed to measles at the following location and times:

St. Rose Dominican Hospital, Siena Campus Pediatric Emergency Department

Oct. 31, from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Nov. 1, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

“Measles is highly contagious and can spread to others simply by being in the same room with an infected person,” said Dr. Cassius Lockett, District Health Officer for the Southern Nevada Health District. “We encourage anyone who visited the listed locatio

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