BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The third case of measles in 2025 has been reported in Louisiana.

According to the Louisiana Department of Health, the case was reported in Region 9, which includes Livingston Parish, St. Helena Parish, St. Tammany Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, and Washington Parish.

Officials said the patient is an adult and was not hospitalized. They added that the person will remain in isolation until he or she is no longer infectious.

According to LDH, people may have been exposed to the patient at the Louis Armstrong International Airport in Kenner. Officials said the patient was on concourse B and beyond the security checkpoint sometime between 5 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 9.

Measles can linger in the air for up to two hours after a person with the virus leaves

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