Amid Measles Outbreak, Contact Tracing Remains Underway In Montco

NORRISTOWN, PA — The latest measles outbreak in southeastern Pennsylvania has not yet led to any confirmed cases in Montgomery County, however officials continue to investigate two separate "exposure events" in the county that may have caused infections.

The outbreak has caused eight cases in Philadelphia and put hospitals around the region on alert.

It’s not the first outbreak recently, as an anti-vaccine furor has contributed to a rise in cases of viruses like the measles that haven’t posed a real threat for decades. A Montgomery County child tested positive last July, raising alarms on the disease.

All of the individuals infected in the Philadelphia outbreak were unvaccinated.

The two Montgomery County exposure events occurred at Holy Redeemer Pediatric Urgent Care in Meadowbrook on Jan. 3, between 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Jefferson Abington Hospital Emergency Department on Jan. 3, between 7 p.m. and 9:40 p.m.

The Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services and Office of Public Health are in the process of identifying and warning individuals at those events, and issuing quarantine recommendations where necessary.