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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — State health officials are recommending students and staff at a Sioux Falls school ensure they have been properly vaccinated following a confirmed case of the measles.
The South Dakota Department of Public Health confirmed Saturday that a Holy Spirit Elementary School student contracted the virus last week and may have infected others when she attended school Thursday. The chief medical officer for Sioux Falls says the girl was sick for more than a week before she was diagnosed with measles and was at school during her infectious period.
The doctor says people can protect themselves by getting a vaccination within 72 hours of potential exposure.
School officials say the infected student wasn't vaccinated due to a religious or medical exemption. The president of Sioux Falls Catholic Schools says most students are vaccinated.
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