NJ Transit rider tests positive for measles, exposure warning issued
New Jersey health officials urge residents to stay up to date with the ROR vaccine and be on alert for symptoms after a Rider NJ was tested positive for measles.
The case involved a Hudson County resident who was infected after close contact with a confirmed measle case in a non -new resident in Jersey, the state ministry of the state in a press release announced.
The “potentially infectious” individual, who was not publicly identified, traveled in public transport from August 13 to 15, which made his horsemen who have a potential exposure to the very contagious virus warned.
Anyone who has traveled on the following routes and stations during the specified hours may have been exposed:
- NJ Transit Hudson-Bergen Light Rail,, 8th Street, Bayonne in Hoboken Branch: 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on August 13, 14 and 15;
- 8th Street Light Rail Rail in Bayonne: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on August 13, 14 and 15;
- Path Newark on the line of the World Trade Center: 9:15 a.m.-11: 45 a.m. and 5:45 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on August 13, 14 and 15;
- Place exchange station in Jersey City: 9:15 a.m.-11: 45 a.m. and 5:45 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on August 13, 14 and 15.
Symptoms of measles can include a high fever, cough, flowing nose and red, aqueous red eyes, followed by an eruption that generally appears within three to five days after the start of other symptoms.
Health officials warned that if they were infected, exposed individuals could develop symptoms until September 11.
They urged residents to ensure that they are up to date with their measles vaccine – given as part of measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) – which is 97% effective to prevent the disease after two doses administered at least 28 days apart.
Last Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that there had been a total of 1,375 confirmed cases reported in 41 states in the United States so far this year. It marks the greatest number of measles infections in more than 30 years, despite the fact that the virus is declared eliminated in 2000.
In New Jersey, seven people were tested positive for the virus in 2025, although those responsible say that there is no distribution of the current community known in the state.
In New York, there were nine confirmed cases and seven others in the state outside New York.
A recent study evaluated by peers published in the Journal of the American Medical Association revealed that measles vaccination rates among American children have dropped after the pandemic in almost 80% of more than 2,000 counties with available data.
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