Health officials are warning of possible measles exposures this month at Busch Stadium and several bars and businesses in the St. Louis area.The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Monday that people may have been exposed to measles at several locations between Sept. 12 and Sept. 14.The most prominent was at Busch Stadium, where someone with measles was present between 6 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Sept. 12. Health officials said the person was seated in Section 141.That same day, possible exposures were reported at the Cat’s Meow in Soulard from 3:30 p.m. to 7:50 p.m. and Paddy O’s downtown from 9:30 p.m. until closing.The other locations were in Pacific and Chesterfield:Little Ireland in Pacific from 11:30 a.m. until an unknown time Sept. 13.B&H Market in Pacific from 6:30 p.m. Sept. 13 until an unknown time.Pacific Brew Haus from 8 p.m. until closing Sept. 13.Goodcents in Chesterfield from 3 p.m. until 5:15 p.m. Sept. 14.Bud’s Market in Pacific from 5:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. Sept. 14.The health department is asking people who were at those locations during the listed times to monitor themselves for symptoms for 21 days from the time they were first exposed.The warning comes just days after St. Louis County health officials confirmed the first measles case in a county resident in two decades. The person, who was fully vaccinated, had ridden an Amtrak train to Chicago on Aug. 27.Measles is highly contagious and spreads through the air when an infected person coughs, sneezes or breathes. The virus can remain in the air for up to two hours after an infected person leaves an area.Symptoms usually begin seven to 14 days after exposure, though they can appear up to 21 days afterward. Early symptoms include fever, runny nose cough and red or watery eyes, followed by the characteristic measles rash.
