Officials Warn Of Possible Measles Exposure On Northeast Amtrak Train

A health scare on an Amtrak train. Health officials say recent riders from Boston to D.C. may have been exposed to measles. WBZ's James Rojas is at South Station with more.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is a boarding call for a track Northeast Regional train.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
A person who would eventually be diagnosed with measles boarded
the Northeast Regional train to DC last week. Health officials
say potential exposure was between seven thirty Wednesday night and
one to thirty in the morning. That train's route starts
in Boston and runs through the nation's capital. Amtrak riders
at South Station are just learning about this. I guess
it's something to be concerned about.

Speaker 3 (00:23):
Feel bad for the person that had beasles, for the
people that were exposed a little flat.

Speaker 4 (00:27):
I've have the MMR vaccines.

Speaker 3 (00:30):
Hopefully I should be good, but that's disappointing to hear.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
Measles is highly contagious, with symptoms usually appearing a week
or two after exposure. At South Station, James Rojas w
b Z, Boston's news radio