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US measles outbreak triggers quarantine at two Los Angeles universities

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US measles outbreak triggers quarantine at two LosAngeles universities measlesoutbreak UCLA CalStateLA

LOS ANGELES - A nationwide measles outbreak has led health officials to quarantine dozens of people at two Los Angeles universities, officials said on Thursday .

The United States has confirmed 695 cases of measles, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday, with many of those cases in the states of New York and Washington. The quarantine at Cal State LA is related to a measles exposure believed to have occurred in a library on April 11, the university said in a statement.

Since then, officials have released 45 people from the UCLA quarantine after establishing they had immunity to measles.

 

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