The San Francisco Department of Public Health on Wednesday announced a confirmed case of measles in an infant, the city’s first reported measles case since 2019.

The infant, who is unvaccinated, was exposed to measles while traveling internationally and became infectious after returning and is recovering at home, public health officials said. The measles case was confirmed Monday evening.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.