New Utah measles case reported at Bingham High School child care facility

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Salt Lake County health officials have confirmed a new case of measles that can be traced to a South Jordan child care facility.

The child care facility called Bingham Kopper Kids sits inside Bingham High School and offers high schoolers interested in child development and early childhood education classroom experience caring for kids between the ages of 6 weeks and 5 years.

It’s unclear how old the infected person is, though Salt Lake County Health Department officials confirmed the patient is unvaccinated.

Children typically aren’t eligible to receive their first dose of the measles, mumps rubella (MMR) vaccine until about 12 months old. A facility manager and about two to four adult aides accompany the hig