A traveler carrying measles flew from Munich, Germany, through Los Angeles on the way to Fresno Yosemite International Airport this month, exposing thousands of California travelers to the highly infectious disease, health officials have confirmed.
Officials from the L.A. County Department of Public Health confirmed the case late Monday, bringing the total number of measles cases documented in California to nine for the year.
The sick traveler arrived at Los Angeles International Airport’s Tom Bradley International Terminal around 3 p.m. May 19 on a Lufthansa flight, then boarded a connecting flight to Fresno Yosemite around 8 that night, health officials from Los Angeles and Fresno confirmed.
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