BEHIND THE COLD FRONT YOU SEE
ON YOUR SCREEN.
WE WILL GO OVER THAT COMING UP
IN THE MAIN FORECAST.
WE WILL PEAK AT THE WEEK AHEAD.
LAST MONTH THREE CHILDREN
WITH MEASLES WERE TREATED AT
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO.
ACCORDING TO HEALTH OFFICIALS
PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO
MIGHT'VE BEEN EXPOSED TO THE
VIRUS ARE FINALLY IN THE CLEAR.
TORI MASON EXPLAINS THERE IS NO
TELLING WHERE ELSE THE VIRUS
HAS TRAVELED.
Reporter: IT'S BEEN NEARLY A
MONTH SINCE THREE CHILDREN
INFECTED WITH THE MEASLES
LANDED AT DIA.
ONE DR. AT TRI-COUNTY HEALTH
SAYS COLORADO HAS THE LOWEST
KINDERGARTEN MMR VACCINATION
RATE IN THE COUNTRY.
FRIDAY SHE COULD SAFELY SAY.
WE DO NOT DETECT ANY NEW
CASES OF THE MEASLES.
THAT WE ARE AWARE OF.
Reporter: AT LEAST NOT
INSIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL'S
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.
WITH THE INFECTED CHILDREN WERE
TREATED.
A PASSENGER ON ONE OF THE
FLIGHTS WASN'T SO LUCKY.
THERE WAS A SECONDARY CASE OF
MEASLES THAT DEVELOPED ON
SOMEONE WHO WAS ON A
INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT.
Reporter: IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO
SAY HOW MANY WERE EXPOSED
BEFORE THE CHILDREN GOT TO THE
HOSPITAL.
THE DOCTOR KNOWS EXACTLY HOW
MANY WERE THERE.
WE NEEDED TO CONTACT 258
INDIVIDUAL FOR THE PERIOD OF
TIME.
Reporter: THEY DETERMINED 20
WERE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE
MEASLES.
SOMEWHERE UNVACCINATED OR DID
NOT HAVE RECORDS.
OTHERS WERE TOO YOUNG FOR THE
VACCINE.
AT LEAST 12 RECEIVED A
MEDICATION CALLED
IMMUNOGLOBULIN.
Reporter: FEARS THAT IT WILL
HAPPEN AGAIN.
SHE'S IS THE BEST WAY TO
PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR
COMMUNITY IS TO SIMPLY GET YOUR
MEASLES SHOT.
WE HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED
SECONDARY CASES.
MOSTLY BECAUSE A LOT OF THE
PEOPLE WERE EXPOSED WERE
