The Georgia Department of Health (DPH) has confirmed two more cases of measles in metro Atlanta residents. The two cases were unvaccinated family members of the case confirmed in January. DPH contacted some people who may have been exposed through contact with the people with measles.

According to a release from DPH, the two family members may have been exposed through contact with the first person who contracted the virus.

The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) has confirmed two new cases of measles in unvaccinated metro Atlanta residents.

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Georgia on Friday reported two more measles cases for a total of three, which officially marks an outbreak. All three cases are in one unvaccinated family in metro Atlanta. The first patient had been traveling within the United States.

Elsewhere, the Georgia Department of Public Health today reported two more measles cases in unvaccinated Atlanta residents. In a statement, the group said the patients are family members of a case confirmed in January.