ABC News Wyoming is reporting its first measles case in 15 years as the infectious disease continues to spread across the United States.
The state’s Department of Health said on Tuesday that it had confirmed a case in an unvaccinated child in Natrona County, which is located in the central part of the state and includes the town of Casper.
The pediatric case is the first reported in Wyoming since 2010, according to the WDH. It’s unclear how the child became sick, and no other identifying details were provided including name, age or sex.
A release from the WDH said the child was infectious while in the emergency department waiting room at Banner Wyoming Medical Center in Casper on Thursday, June 24, from 11 a.m. MT to 1 p.m. MT and on Friday, June 25, from 12:55 p.m. MT to 2:55 p.m. MT.