People who stayed at a Holiday Inn Express in Pueblo on the night of May 9 should watch for symptoms of measles after a traveler passed through the hotel while contagious, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment warned Wednesday.
Anyone who was in the lobby of the hotel at 4530 Dillon Drive between 10 p.m. and midnight May 9, or between 9:15 a.m. and noon May 10, could have come into contact with the measles virus, health officials said.
Symptoms can take anywhere from one to three weeks to emerge, and can include a fever, cough, runny nose, red eyes and a distinctive red rash. People infected with measles are contagious for about four days before and four days after the rash appears.
If someone suspects they could have measles, they should call before seeking medical attention so the provider can keep them away from susceptible people.
Two doses of the vaccine are about 97% in preventing infection with measles.
The Department of Public Health and Environment didn’t release any information about the traveler, other than that they live in another state and tested positive for measles after returning home. They traveled through the state by car.
Five Colorado residents have tested positive for measles so far this year: an adult in Pueblo; a baby in Denver, and a person who lived in the same house; an adult in Denver; and an adult in Archuleta County.
All but the Archuleta County patient had recently traveled abroad, or lived with someone who did.
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