WUSA9: The Virginia Health Department (VDH) announced there is an ongoing investigation into potential measles exposures in Northern Virginia.
According to VDH, a child, who was not vaccinated against the disease, is confirmed to have contracted the measles when traveling abroad. Health officials say the child is in "stable condition and improving."
Local health officials are now working to contact people who could have been exposed to the measles in Fairfax and Loudoun Counties.
The measles is a highly contagious virus and people who contract it usually experience symptoms in two stages.
"In the first stage, most people have a fever of greater than 101 degrees, runny nose, watery red eyes, and a cough," VDH said. "The second stage begins around the third to seventh day when a rash begins to appear on the face and spreads over the entire body."
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