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Health Officials Declare End of Measles Outbreak
August 25, 2017
ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 25 -- The Minnesota Department of Health issued the following news release:

State health officials today declared an end to the measles outbreak of spring and summer 2017.

The outbreak that eventually sickened 79 people, mostly children under 10 years of age, began when the first case was identified April 11. The last case was identified on July 13. Under standard public health practice, the outbreak can be declared over if there are no new cases i . . .

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