WWE Fan Confirmed With Case Of Measles During WrestleMania Week – Department Of Public Health Working To Identify Those He Came In Contact With

Local ABC & Fox affiliates in New Orleans, Louisiana have reported that a WWE fan from the United Kingdom who traveled to the city last week to attend WrestleMania 34 has been confirmed to have contracted a case of the measles.

For those who are not aware, measles are a highly contagious viral illness that spreads quickly among those who have not been vaccinated.

It’s being reported that the man arrived in New Orleans late last week, however he became more and more ill throughout the week. Eventually the man was hospitalized locally in New Orleans over the weekend, and the State Office of Public Health Laboratory has now confirmed the illness as a case of the measles.

State Officials have now also confirmed that the man did in fact attend some of the public events in the city during WrestleMania week, and that they are actively tracking his movements throughout the week to identify anyone who may have came into contact with him. This would include taxis/transportation services and restaurants that he may have visited.

The man was reportedly still hospitalized as of Monday. Any Fans who attended WrestleMania Week in New Orleans who have concerns can read the official statement from the Louisiana Department of Health at this link here.

Allen Henry, a local New Orleans Fox reporter has now also confirmed that the man did indeed attend Friday Night’s WWE 2018 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony before being hospitalized sometime Saturday.

BREAKING: The UK tourist hospitalized with measles was at the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony Friday before being hospitalized on Saturday. Attendees are receiving notifications from @LADeptHealth now. We’ll have more on @FOX8NOLA.

— Allen Henry (@AllenHenry) April 12, 2018

The Louisiana Department of Health has reportedly began contacting attendees of Friday’s WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony via letters explaining the situation and asking them to please monitor their symptoms.

Symptoms associated with the measles include runny nose, cough, fever and eventually white spots on the inside of your mouth, and rashes on your skin. It can take anywhere from 10 days to three weeks before a person with measles starts to show symptoms.

Fox 8 in New Orleans has released a letter to a fan who was the same flight as the infected man that was sent to him from the Department of Public Health England alerting him that he was on the flight with a infected passenger.

You can see a screenshot of the letter below:

Another person named Jake Taft was on the plane with the infected passenger from Manchester to Heathrow, Heathrow to Miami, and then from Miami to New Orleans. Taft confirmed on twitter that he also received a letter from the Department of Public Health informing him that he was on the plane with the infected man.

You can see the tweets below:

Yeah we received an email telling us he was on the same plane as us on the way over there.

— Taftyyy (@Jake_Taft) April 12, 2018

 

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