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VIENNA — The Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department said this week that a recent possible measles exposure has been “resolved” and no case of the disease was confirmed.

The Health Department reported that on July 9, Mid-Ohio Valley Medical Group in Vienna notified patients it would be closing its facility due to a potential measles case in their building. The facility houses multiple entities, including WVU Medicine offices and Bond’s Drug.

WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center Vice President for Marketing Development and Strategic Initiatives MarJean Kennedy said in a July 10 statement that after a patient arrived at a primary care location with possible measles symptoms, the clinic was thoroughly disinfected and the patient isolated while awaiting test results. The facility reopened on July 10.

The Health Department updated the situation Monday.

“The potential measles situation from Weds., July 9, has been resolved,” a post on the department’s Facebook page said. “Risk to the community remains low, and there are no confirmed cases of measles in the state of West Virginia at this time.”

A Health Department representative clarified that testing did not confirm a case of the measles.

According to the most recent data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of July 8, there had been 1,288 confirmed cases of measles reported in the United States this year, along with 27 outbreaks and three confirmed deaths.

The CDC says the best way to prevent a measles infection is the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, which is 97% effective. But vaccine hesitancy has been on the rise in recent years, with CDC data showing only 92.7% of kindergarteners in the U.S. had received the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine in the 2023-2024 school year, below the 95% needed to prevent outbreaks.