United States: The New York JFK International Airport faces the risk of an active measles outbreak, according to health department warnings. 

One child who arrived on a China Airlines flight has been identified with a highly transmissible disease. 

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The patient used Terminal 4 to reach Philadelphia before visiting two clinics until they received their diagnosis. 

Public health officials advise all passengers from the shuttle bus trip on February 25 from 9:30 pm to 3:15 am to test for the disease. 

The officials are trying to determine which patients came into contact with the unvaccinated US citizen child, Daily Mail reported. 

One of two persons found with measles after arriving at LAX on the Korean Air flight from Seoul tested positive for the disease on February 19. 

Measles outbreak in US 

A substantial Texas measles outbreak affected at least 173 individuals along with two documented fatalities while becoming the first American reported deaths from measles within this decade. 

The newly appointed health chief, Robert F Kennedy Jr, who has persistently opposed vaccines, expresses his support for immunization. 

Multiple experts agree that declining vaccination levels have made the United States susceptible to increased occurrences of disease outbreaks. 

The transmission of measles occurs through contaminated airborne droplets spread by patient coughs and sneezes as well as breathing activities. 

This disease remains one of the most contagious illnesses in global society since an infected person can transmit it to nine out of ten people in the surrounding region. 

Hospitalization affects four out of ten patients in the US, while the disease proves fatal for approximately three persons out of one thousand treated patients who experience dangerous swelling of their brains. 

The time for infectious droplets to remain airborne reaches two hours, while the disease can show its symptoms between seven to 14 days following infection, Daily Mail reported. 

Most individuals develop a fever, cough, and runny nose, which further turns into a rash, starting at the hairline, to the neck and trunk, and leading its way to till feet.