Maricopa County identifies new measles clusters in Tempe, Surprise

The Maricopa County Department of Public Health has confirmed seven new measles cases in Maricopa County residents.

Tempe Marketplace, 2000 E. Rio Salado Parkway, is one location where people may have been exposed from 5-8:30 p.m. Monday, July 6.

In addition, individuals may have been exposed between 2-6 p.m. Sunday, July 12, inside the Surprise Walmart at 13770 W. Bell Road.

The number of confirmed measles cases in Maricopa County this year has reached 21, “significantly higher than the annual average of one case per year for the last 30 years,” health officials stated in a release.

Symptoms typically appear seven to 12 days after exposure but may take up to 21 days, and they include a fever of 101 degrees or more, red watery eyes, cough, runny nose and a rash that is red, raised and blotchy.

For more: Maricopa.gov/measles

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