The Community Health Committee will hold its regular meeting on Friday, with a key topic being a briefing on possible measles exposures in San Antonio.
The Community Health Committee will hold its regular monthly meeting on Friday.
During the meeting, the City of San Antonio Metropolitan Health District is expected to discuss possible measles exposures in San Antonio.
>> What questions, concerns do you have about measles?
Metro Health will also outline the measures taken to address a “current public health threat.”
The meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Friday at the Council Briefing Room inside City Hall in downtown San Antonio.
KSAT will stream the meeting in the above video player, the free KSAT+ streaming app and on KSAT.com. Delays are possible; if there is not a stream, come back at a later time.
People can sign up to speak at the meeting. Click on “meetings” and “events” and select the meeting you want to participate in. The public can speak or submit a written comment.
Background
On Feb. 23, Metro Health announced that a Gaines County resident, who later tested positive for measles, visited San Antonio and surrounding areas during Valentine’s Day weekend.
Health officials confirmed the Gaines County resident visited the following locations in the San Antonio area on Feb. 15:
- University of Texas at San Antonio main campus between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
- River Walk attractions including the Wax Museum, Ripley’s Believe It or Not and Ripley’s Illusion Lab between 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
- Mr. Crabby’s Seafood and Bar in Live Oak between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.
>> What to know about a potential measles exposure in San Antonio area
The Associated Press reported Wednesday that an unvaccinated child died of measles Tuesday night at a Lubbock hospital, marking the first measles death in the U.S. since 2015.
>> Track the latest measles numbers in Texas
As of Tuesday, Feb. 25, the Texas Department of State Health Services has identified 124 measles cases in Texas since late January. Eighteen patients were taken to a hospital for further treatment.
The state health services department said it would update these statistics every Tuesday and Friday.
More measles-related coverage on KSAT:
- KSAT Q&A: University Health infectious disease expert discusses measles outbreak
- Tourist may have exposed ‘hundreds of thousands’ of people in San Antonio to measles, health experts say
- Potential measles exposure reported in San Antonio, San Marcos
- A Texas child who was not vaccinated has died of measles, a first for the US in a decade
- Measles outbreak grows in area with high rate of vaccine exemptions. How does Bexar County compare?
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