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Measles Exposure

Monday, August 29, 2011

Possible Measles Exposure at Kohl's in Lower Nazareth

The possible exposure happened on Friday, Aug. 19 between 4pm and 9:30pm -- less than a month after a possible measles exposure in Lehigh County.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health is warning the public that someone who may have measles could have exposed others to the highly contagious illness on Aug. 19 at Kohl’s Department Store in Lower Nazareth Township. The person is a New Jersey resident and has yet to be positively diagnosed, but a measles diagnosis is likely, according to a press release. The possible exposure happened at the Northampton County department store between 4pm and 9:30pm on Friday, Aug. 19. “Based on the date of exposure, it is possible that symptoms could develop as late as Sept. 9 if individuals who visited the department store were infected during that timeframe,” the release states. Individuals possibly exposed at Kohl’s in Northampton County would not …

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Salisbury Resident

10:57 am on Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Of course, Ms. Porter, ALL shoppers and ALL store locations are like this, and ALL PEOPLE have the intention of infecting everyone they come in contact with. For this reason I will never step foot in a store again. Wow...   more ›

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