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Several Ventura County Restaurants, Stores Exposed To Measles

SIMI VALLEY (CBSLA.com) — Health officials in Ventura County alerted the public Thursday that hundreds more people may have been exposed to measles.

According to Ventura Public Health officials, someone with measles went to several busy places between Jan. 24 and Feb. 4 in Simi Valley, Oxnard and Ventura before being diagnosed with the disease.

Anyone who has visited one of the following locations was at risk of exposure to the measles in the two-hour period after the last hour on the date listed, health officials said. Employees at these sites have been screened and anyone who was not immunized has been excluded from work.

The locations include: Andrea's Seafood, 1446 Spinnaker Dr. in Ventura on Jan. 24 from 7 and 10 p.m., El Torito, 1720 E. Ventura Blvd. in Oxnard on Jan. 25 from 7 to 10 p.m.; Vons 1291 S. Victoria Ave. in Oxnard on Jan. 26 from 5 to 8 p.m.; BG's Restaurant, 428 S. A Street in Oxnard on Jan. 27 from 8 a.m. to noon; Costco Oxnard, 2001 E. Ventura Blvd., on Jan. 29 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; Costco Simi Valley, 2660 Park Center Dr., on Jan. 31 from 1 to 4:45 p.m.; Dickey's BBQ Pit, 2902 Tapo Canyon Rd. in Simi Valley on Feb. 1 from 1 to 3:30 p.m., Oxnard West Target, 2850 N. Oxnard Blvd., on Feb. 3 from 7 to 10 p.m.; Simi Valley West Target, 51 Tierra Rejada Rd., on Feb. 4 from 8 to 10:30 p.m.; and Gold's Gym, 1357 E. Los Angeles Ave. in Simi Valley, on Feb. 4 from 7 to 9:45 p.m.

Health officials say anyone with the symptoms of measles – which include fever, cough, runny nose, red eyes and a red rash that spreads across the body – and believes they have not been immunized should contact their primary care physician as soon as possible.

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