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LAX on red alert as foreign traveler brings in deadly disease and infects unknown number

Health officials have warned of a potential measles outbreak at Los Angeles International airport.

A passenger arriving on a Korean Air flight from Seoul tested positive for the highly contagious respiratory illness, which is currently ripping its way through Texas.

Travelers who were in LAX’s Terminal B on February 19 during the hours of 1pm to 4pm have been warned that they could be at high risk of the virus.

The airport is working with the CDC to notify passengers on the flight who might have been close enough to the infected traveler to contract the disease.

Passengers who fear they may have crossed paths with the patient have been advised to confirm if they have been vaccinated against measles.

Experts warn the US is currently vulnerable to measles outbreaks because of falling vaccination rates.

America suffered its first fatality from the disease in a decade this week after the death of an unvaccinated child in West Texas.

Measles is transmitted by direct contact with infectious droplets or by airborne spread when an infected person breathes, coughs, or sneezes.

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