Measles Exposure Reported At Metropolitan Museum Of Art

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — An Australian tourist with measles visited The Metropolitan Museum of Art as well as several hotels and medical facilities in New York, and health officials say others may have been exposed to the disease. The tourist was in the Oasis Bible Tours group's visit at The Met on Feb. 16 and again on Feb. 19, state health officials said.

The measles is a "serious respiratory disease" that is extremely contagious and causes a rash and fever, state health officials said.

"You can catch it just by being in a room where someone with measles coughed or sneezed," officials said in a fact sheet.

The person also visited the Watchtower Educational Center at 100 Watchtower Dr. in Patterson, New York, on Feb. 19.

The tourist also visited the following hotels:

• La Quinta Inn at 31 W. 71st St. in the Upper West Side between Feb. 16-19
• Best Western Hotel at 1324 Atlantic Ave. in Brooklyn on Feb. 19 and Feb. 20.
• Comfort Inn & Suites at 20 Hatfield Ln. Goshen-Middletown, New York from Feb. 20-21

The tourist also visited the following medical facilities

• Excel Urgent Care at 1 Hatfield Ln. in Goshen Feb. 20
• The emergency unit of Orange Regional Medical Center at 707 E. Main St. in Middletown on Feb. 20

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