The New Jersey Department of Health has confirmed a person with measles has exposed other people to the illness over a period of two days in May during a visit to a Middlesex County funeral home.

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Anyone who visited the Flynn and Son Funeral Home on Fords Avenue on Monday, May 11 between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. and on Thursday, May 14 between 1:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. should be examined by a doctor even though they may not show symptoms until June 4.

Symptoms can include rash, high fever, cough, runny nose and red, watery eyes.

"Anyone who suspects an exposure is urged to call a health care provider before going to a medical office or emergency room,". suggests the agency in a statement. "Special arrangements can be made for you to be evaluated while also protecting other patients and medical staff from possible infection.

The person who went to the funeral home was unaware they were contagious.

According to the Department of Health, measles is easily spread through the air when an infected person talks, coughs or sneezes. People can also get sick when they come in contact with mucus or saliva from an infected person.

This incident is the 3rd known of measles to New Jersey.  A student on the campus of Princeton University came down with measles last February while an infant in Jersey City was also diagnosed with the illness in an unrelated case in January.

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