Health officials in Kentucky said the state’s case was reported in December in Christian County, according to a Jan. 20 report from ABC affiliate WBKO. Several other Kentucky residents with known exposures to cases in Ohio are being monitored. Kentucky has among the lowest measles-mumps-rubella vaccine coverage rate among kindergartners in the nation, according to a recent report from the CDC.
Sixty-five percent of the cases in Ohio have been among children between the ages of 1 and 5, according to data from the Columbus, Ohio, health department. About 34 have required hospitalization. None of the cases has been reported among people who are fully vaccinated.
