>> TENNESSEE'S FIRST CASE OF MEASLES IN 5 YEARS AS KERR. THE CONCERN WITH THIS REEMERGENCE IS HOW EASILY THE VIRUS CAN SPREAD THROUGH THE AIR. BUT SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED THE CAL JOINS US WITH ADVICE FROM HEALTH THAT HAS GOOD MORNING. MEAL. YES TO THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS THIS RESIDENT RECENTLY TRAVEL INTERNATIONALLY SPENT SOME TIME IN KENTUCKY DURING THE INFECTIOUS PERIOD IS NOW RECOVERING FROM THE VIRUS. THEY TELL US THIS PERSON WAS NOT VACCINATED. WE TALKED THEN ABOUT UNIVERSITY INFECTIOUS DISEASES. PROFESSOR DR WILLIAM SCHAFFNER. HE SAYS HE DOESN'T FEEL THERE IS NEED FOR ALARM WITH THE SINGLE CASE OF MEASLES BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE ARE VACCINATED. BUT A REMINDER ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING UP WITH THOSE ROUTINE IMMUNIZATIONS. AND IT SEEMS MOST RECENT HEALTH REPORT ON KINDERGARTEN VACCINATIONS IN THE STATE SHOWED A SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR OF DECLINE IN IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE. >> WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR GUARD UP AGAINST THESE VIRUSES WHICH ARE STILL AROUND IN THE WORLD AND CAN COME FROM OVER THERE. 2 RIGHT HERE WITHIN 12 TO 24 HOURS. UNLESS WE KEEP OUR GUARDS AND KEEP OUR ENTIRE POPULATION EVERY CHILD VACCINATED AGAINST MEASLES AND THESE OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES THAT USED TO BE SUCH A SCOURGE AND A TERROR. 2 CHILDREN. >> SO MEASLES SYMPTOMS CAN INCLUDE FEVER, HEADACHE AND GENERALLY NOT FEELING WELL FOLLOWED BY FEVER, RASH, COUGH, RED EYES OR CONGESTION. THE ILLNESS IS TYPICALLY ACCOMPANIED BY A RED SPOTTY RASH THAT BEGINS ON THE FACE AND SPREADS OVER THE BODY. THE MEASLES VIRUS CAN SPREAD THROUGH THE AIR WHEN AN INFECTED PERSON SPEAKS COUGHS OR SNEEZES. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT