Measles in Boston Globe mailroom--Memo

"All employees should be aware that earlier today one of our employees at the Boston production department’s inserting facility (Mailroom) has been diagnosed with a case of measles, which is a highly contagious disease. This employee was in the building today between the hours of 7:30am and 1:00pm, when he visited the Medical Dept to check out symptoms. The information that we currently have is that the employee entered the building and reported to the mailroom where he remained until he walked down to the medical dept at 1:00. The employee was taken to a local medical clinic where he was tested and diagnosed. The Globe was notified at approximately 4pm. Measles is an airborne virus that remains infectious for up to 2 hours. The recommendation is for those exposed and born after 1957 to 1967 consider getting the MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) vaccine within 72 hours of exposure." Memo posted by Romenesko, on poynter.org, Friday, 1/5/07.

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