Showed measles case in out-of-state customer in Lancaster County
An individual visiting Lancaster County used to be contagious between April 3 and April 11.
Up to date: 11:25 AM EDT Apr 13, 2025
WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS OUT OF HARRISBURG. BUT FIRST LET’S START WITH METEOROLOGIST MARYELLEN PANN WITH A CHECK OF THE STORM TEAM FORECAST. A LITTLE BIT DRIER TODAY. DEFINITELY DRIER TODAY. YES. WE’RE GETTING A BREAK. WE HAVE A LOT OF CLOUD COVER OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, BUT I DO EXPECT THE SUNSHINE TO INCREASE AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR YORK SKYCAM. AGAIN, YOU SEE THE OMINOUS LOOKING CLOUDS THERE. IT IS DRY. JUST WILL BE STARTING THE DAY WITH THESE OVERCAST CONDITIONS, BUT HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING. IT WILL HELP TO SCOUR OUT THE CLOUDS A BIT, TO GIVE US A LITTLE MORE SUNSHINE THAT WILL MIX IN, ESPECIALLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. YOU CAN SEE THE FLAG BLOWING THERE. THE WINDS ARE INCREASING AND WILL BE BREEZY TODAY. LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO LIFT TO THE NORTHEAST. HIGH PRESSURE IS BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST SO THAT SQUEEZE PLAY BETWEEN THESE TWO SYSTEMS, CREATING SOME BREEZY WINDS AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY. TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW IN THE MID 40S ACROSS THE BOARD, REALLY HAVEN’T MOVED A WHOLE LOT BECAUSE OF THAT CLOUD COVER. THERE YOU CAN SEE THE WINDS PICKING UP OUT OF THE NORTHWEST ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 15MPH, AND THEY’LL INCREASE TO ABOUT 10 TO 20 AS WE GO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SO DECREASING CLOUDS, A LITTLE MORE SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON, EVEN SOME PARTIAL CLEARING TOWARDS EVENING. AND LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES YESTERDAY. WE ONLY HIT 50 SOME AREAS IN THE 40S. WE’RE GOING TO HIT NEAR 60 DEGREES TODAY, SO CERTAINLY GOING TO FEEL MUCH NICER OUTSIDE. I DO HAVE MORE RAIN CHANCES AS WE HEAD BACK TO THE WORKWEEK. I’LL TALK ABOUT THAT THREAT COMING UP IN MY FULL FORECAST. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. MARY ELLEN, WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING OUT OF HARRISBURG. OVERNIGHT, CREWS WERE ON THE SCENE OF A FIRE AT THE GOVERNOR’S RESIDENCE ON FRONT STREET. DISPATCHERS SAY THE CALL CAME IN JUST AFTER TWO THIS MORNING. THEY SAY NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. WE’RE STILL WORKING TO LEARN THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE. NEWS EIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS STORY ON AIR AND ONLINE. IN LANCASTER, POLICE ARE LOOKING ARE INVESTIGATING TWO SHOOTINGS. THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED AT AROUND 915 FRIDAY NIGHT NEAR 200 CORAL STREET. POLICE FOUND ONE VEHICLE THAT WAS HIT BY GUNFIRE. THE SECOND SHOOTING WAS REPORTED AROUND 11:00 FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE 600 BLOCK OF NORTH QUEEN STREET, NEAR LANCASTER. GENERAL HEALTH AND PENN MEDICINE PARK. POLICE FOUND BULLET CASINGS AT THE SCENE BUT DID NOT FIND DAMAGE TO PROPERTY OR ANYONE INJURED. BOTH SHOOTINGS ARE BEING INVESTIGATED. THIS MORNING, POLICE IN CAMP HILL ARE LOOKING FOR A PERSON WHO STOLE TWO GARGOYLES. THESE ARE THE STATUES THAT WERE TAKEN. TAKE A LOOK. POLICE SAY THEY WERE STOLEN FROM A HOME ON THE 300 BLOCK OF LINCOLN WAY EAST BETWEEN 1130 AT NIGHT ON THURSDAY AND SEVEN IN THE MORNING FRIDAY. IF YOU KNOW WHERE THESE GARGOYLES MAY BE, OR WHO MAY HAVE TAKEN THEM, YOU’RE BEING ASKED TO CALL CHAMBERSBURG POLICE IN YORK COUNTY. POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO VANDALIZED A SPEEDWAY. NEWBURY TOWNSHIP POLICE AND THE BAPS MOTOR SPEEDWAY ARE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP IDENTIFYING THE VEHICLE AND PERSON RESPONSIBLE. IN THE VIDEO, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE THE RED PICKUP TRUCK DRIVING ON THE GRASS. NOW THIS IS THE DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND. THE MOTOR SPEEDWAY SAYS IT COULD TAKE MONTHS TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THE GENERAL MANAGER OF BAPS MOTOR SPEEDWAY SAYS THE DAMAGE WILL AFFECT THE EVENTS THEY HOST. THE TOUGH THING FOR US IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EVENTS WEEKLY, SO, YOU KNOW, IT’S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A STRUGGLE WITH SOME OF THE GRASS DAMAGE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE RUTS AND WHATNOT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO TRY TO PLANT GRASS WHILE WE’RE HOSTING EVENTS. SO IT’S JUST UNNECESSARY TIME AND EFFORT FOR SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY THOUGHT WAS WAS FUNNY. AND THERE IS A REWARD OF UP TO $2,000 FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. A MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER DRIVING THE WRONG WAY DOWN ROUTE 15 BACK IN JANUARY. FERNANDO TORRES OF MECHANICSBURG IS FACING SEVERAL DUI CHARGES, AS WELL AS ASSAULT AND RECKLESS DRIVING CHARGES. THIS IS DASHCAM VIDEO SENT TO NEWS EIGHT SHOWING THE DRIVER GOING SOUTH IN THE NORTHBOUND LANE. ACCORDING TO POLICE, COLON TORRES HIT AT LEAST FOUR OTHER VEHICLES BEFORE CRASHING NEAR MILE MARKER 37. MULTIPLE PEOPLE SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WERE TAKEN TO LOCAL HOSPITALS, WITH ONE PERSON BEING FLOWN TO PENN STATE. HERSHEY. POLICE SAY WHEN THEY RESPONDED COLON TORRES WAS AGITATED AND PUNCHED AN EMT IN THE FACE. INVESTIGATORS COLLECTED A BLOOD SAMPLE AND FOUND THC IN HIS BLOOD, AND HIS BAIL IS SET FOR $35,000. IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER RUNNING A RED LIGHT AND CRASHING INTO A BUILDING. THE DRIVER WAS TRAPPED IN THE VEHICLE AFTER HITTING THE BUILDING AT SOUTH MAIN STREET IN CHAMBERSBURG YESTERDAY. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND THE SCENE IS CLEAR. AND PENNDOT SAYS LINE PAINTING IS SET TO START TOMORROW ACROSS MUCH OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. ROAD CREWS WILL BE PAINTING LINES IN ADAMS, CUMBERLAND, DAUPHIN, FRANKLIN, LANCASTER, LEBANON, PERRY AND YORK COUNTIES AND SEVERAL MAIN ROADS AND INTERSTATES WILL BE AFFECTED, INCLUDING ROUTE 30, INTERSTATE 81 AND INTERSTATE 83.
Showed measles case in out-of-state customer in Lancaster County
An individual visiting Lancaster County used to be contagious between April 3 and April 11.
Up to date: 11:25 AM EDT Apr 13, 2025
The Pennsylvania Division of Well being is alerting Pennsylvanians that a person from any other state examined sure for measles whilst visiting Lancaster County after a shuttle to Texas, growing a possible for publicity to others.Other folks can have been uncovered to measles in the event that they had been within the following location on the date and time indicated: WellSpan Ephrata Neighborhood Medical institution Emergency Department169 Martin Ave., Ephrata, PA 17522Tuesday, April 8, 2025, between 9:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.WellSpan Well being is contacting identified people who visited this web site right through this period of time. The chance to most people is low because of prime vaccination charges throughout Pennsylvania. People who find themselves totally immunized are at very low chance of contracting the measles. Other folks not sure in their vaccination standing must touch their well being care supplier.The person is an unvaccinated resident of any other state visiting Lancaster County who become inflamed after touring to Texas.“The most efficient coverage in opposition to measles is vaccination,” stated Secretary of Well being Dr. Debra Bogen. “With two MMR vaccines, citizens are at low chance of having and spreading the measles. Realizing the indicators of illness and puts other folks can have been uncovered will assist give protection to people and communities from this illness.”Measles is a extremely contagious sickness this is unfold when an inflamed individual breathes, coughs or sneezes. The virus stays infectious within the air and on surfaces for as much as two hours after the inflamed individual leaves the world.Signs start with a fever, cough, runny nostril and conjunctivitis, adopted by means of a rash that begins at the face and spreads downward. With out right kind coverage or supportive care, measles will also be fatal.Individuals who imagine they had been uncovered to measles and are experiencing signs must touch their well being care supplier or name the Pennsylvania Division of Well being’s toll-free hotline at 877-PA-HEALTH. All citizens are inspired to watch for signs.In step with the Facilities for Illness Keep an eye on and Prevention, the folk maximum in danger are: Babies more youthful than 1 who’re too younger to have gained the measles, mumps and rubella vaccineIndividuals who’re unvaccinatedIndividuals from portions of the arena the place there may be low vaccination protection or the place there may be circulating measles
LANCASTER, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Division of Well being is alerting Pennsylvanians that a person from any other state examined sure for measles whilst visiting Lancaster County after a shuttle to Texas, growing a possible for publicity to others.Other folks can have been uncovered to measles in the event that they had been within the following location on the date and time indicated:
WellSpan Ephrata Neighborhood Medical institution Emergency Department169 Martin Ave., Ephrata, PA 17522Tuesday, April 8, 2025, between 9:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.WellSpan Well being is contacting identified people who visited this web site right through this period of time. The chance to most people is low because of prime vaccination charges throughout Pennsylvania. People who find themselves totally immunized are at very low chance of contracting the measles. Other folks not sure in their vaccination standing must touch their well being care supplier.The person is an unvaccinated resident of any other state visiting Lancaster County who become inflamed after touring to Texas.“The most efficient coverage in opposition to measles is vaccination,” stated Secretary of Well being Dr. Debra Bogen. “With two MMR vaccines, citizens are at low chance of having and spreading the measles. Realizing the indicators of illness and puts other folks can have been uncovered will assist give protection to people and communities from this illness.”
Measles is a extremely contagious sickness this is unfold when an inflamed individual breathes, coughs or sneezes. The virus stays infectious within the air and on surfaces for as much as two hours after the inflamed individual leaves the world.
Signs start with a fever, cough, runny nostril and conjunctivitis, adopted by means of a rash that begins at the face and spreads downward. With out right kind coverage or supportive care, measles will also be fatal.Individuals who imagine they had been uncovered to measles and are experiencing signs must touch their well being care supplier or name the Pennsylvania Division of Well being’s toll-free hotline at 877-PA-HEALTH. All citizens are inspired to watch for signs.In step with the Facilities for Illness Keep an eye on and Prevention, the folk maximum in danger are: Babies more youthful than 1 who’re too younger to have gained the measles, mumps and rubella vaccineIndividuals who’re unvaccinatedIndividuals from portions of the arena the place there may be low vaccination protection or the place there may be circulating measles
