SAN DIEGO — The number of measles cases tied to an outbreak at Disneyland last month climbed to 32 Wednesday, with six new cases confirmed, officials said.
The cases included five in Los Angeles County and one in San Diego County.
Meanwhile, San Diego County health officials said they were investigating whether five people who arrived at an urgent care clinic in La Mesa were part of the larger outbreak.
The Sharp Rees-Stealy clinic was closed immediately when the five people arrived with rashes, a clinic spokeswoman said. They were immediately isolated and seen by a physician.
Citing federal privacy laws, the La Mesa clinic’s spokeswoman declined to give the ages of the five or whether they had visited Disneyland.
About 40 other people at the clinic — patients and employees — were asked Wednesday whether they had any symptoms, the clinic spokeswoman said. Their names were relayed to the San Diego Health and Human Services Agency for possible follow-up.
Patients were referred to other Rees-Stealy clinics, including in downtown San Diego.
After closing the clinic shortly before noon, employees wearing protective masks wiped down surfaces at the clinic with disinfectant.
At 5:40 p.m., Sharp HealthCare announced that the clinic had reopened and “the risk of exposure to measles has been removed and (the clinic) is safe for all patients.”
The full tally of measles cases related to the outbreak is now at 32 — 28 in California, two in Utah, and one each in Washington state and Colorado.
All the cases involve people who either were at Disneyland Dec. 17-20 or were infected by people who visited the theme park at that time.
