Virginia Health Department Warns Some Amtrak Passengers of Possible Measles Exposure
Riders on Amtrak’s Aug. 17 Northeast Regional #171, which stopped in Burke Centre, may have been exposed to measles.
The Virginia Department of Health is informing people who were passengers on Amtrak’s Northeast Regional train #171 on Wednesday, Aug. 17, that they may have been exposed to a person with measles. Northeast Regional 171 originated in Boston at 8:15 a.m., and made stops in Maryland (Aberdeen, Baltimore – Penn Station, BWI and New Carrollton), District of Columbia (Union Station) and Virginia (Alexandria, Burke Centre, Manassas, Culpeper, Charlottesville and Lynchburg). The train ended its run in Lynchburg at 8:36 p.m. Passengers who left train 171 before its arrival in Philadelphia need not be concerned, according to the health department. Measles is a highly contagious illness that is spread through coughing, sneezing and contact with …
