Denver International Airport on Red Alert because three passengers are diagnosed with the world’s most infectious disease

Health officials sound the alarm after three measles cases have been detected on Denver International Airport.

An infected person arrived at the airport at a Turkish airline on 13 May and stayed for two nights in a nearby hotel, which may expose hundreds of customers.

The Colorado Health Department also confirmed two additional cases of measles, Turkish Airlines Flight 201.

One was a traveler who was contagious during the flight and the other a young child younger than five years old who was probably exposed on the plane.

The first passenger locked measles, even though it had been vaccinated. The child was not vaccinated and is currently being admitted to the hospital, while the vaccination status of the third passenger is unclear.

The health department warned everyone who was at Denver International Airport, who serves 226,000 passengers a day, on 13 or 14 May the symptoms must check for 21 days and call their care provider.

Measles is the most contagious disease in the world, where a patient is able to infect nine out of ten non -vaccinated people who are exposed.

Measles, which causes a characteristic spot result, has so far infected 1,000 Americans in 2025 (stock image)

Symptoms – including a flavoring rash, fever, cough and runny nose – usually develop seven to 21 days after the first exposure.

Measles spread through in the air that is released in cough and sneezing, which can hang in the air for a maximum of two hours after a patient passes by.

It is especially dangerous for young children, where the CDC says that one in 20 non -vaccinated children who are infected develop pneumonia, while one in 1,000 suffers from encephalitis – swelling of the brain that can cause permanent damage.

One to three in 1,000 non -vaccinated children who are infected die from the disease.

Colorado has now discovered seven total cases of measles.

This year there is renewed emphasis on measles in the midst of a large outbreak in West -Texas, which is the largest in the country in two decades.

A total of 717 people this year only became ill due to the outbreak in Texas, with civil servants updating every Tuesday and Friday.

And the US has now crossed a grim milestone, with more than 1,000 measles stores that are registered – only the second time that this threshold has been crossed since the disease was eradicated in 2000.

Two young girls, aged six and eight, also died of the disease.