Disneyland employees measles outbreak continues to spread, according to health officials. What used to be "The Happiest Place on Earth" now has a contagious illness linked to it.
Nicole Stanfield, the spokesperson for the Orange County Health Care Agency, said through a statement, "There is evidence of ongoing measles transmission in Orange County and at Disneyland Parks." She also mentioned that "several Disneyland employees in multiple jurisdictions" have also been diagnosed with the illness. "This is not unexpected," she added.
Although this is not the first time for measles to become an outbreak, the Disneyland employees measles problem marks the very first time that theme park workers have been confirmed to be part of the spread. To date, measles has sickened over 50 people in California, which spans at least three other states, as well as across the border to Mexico.
In Orange County, 18 people have already been diagnosed with the illness. This area is home to Disneyland, and is believed to have been hit the hardest by this present outbreak.
Those who were diagnosed in the OC includes five children, four of whom have never been vaccinated against measles, and 13 adults. Sadly, however, the immunization records of the adult patients are not clear.
Moreover, among the same group of affected people, 11 went to Disneyland starting on Dec. 17, and five of them were employed in the internationally famous theme park. The other seven, however, appeared to have contracted the virus from somewhere else.
Three of the Disneyland employees measles patients have already fully recovered and have already returned to their jobs. Sadly, however, according to Dr. Pamela Hymel, the Chief Medical Officer of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, the remaining two are still sick.
Hymel also mentioned that since the company first got wind of the outbreak on Jan. 7, they have offered immunizations and immunity tests to all of their park employees.
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