Utah Health Officials Urge People to Stay Home If They Show Measles Symptoms

‘It is now expanding, and we are having people diagnosed in every part of our state,’ an official said.

A nurse administers a measles vaccine in Provo, Utah, on April 29, 2019. George Frey/Getty Images

Utah officials are urging people to avoid others if they are showing symptoms of measles, in a bid to stop the spread of the infectious disease in the state.

An outbreak that started in the summer of 2025 has infected at least 358 Utah residents as of March 3, the Utah Department of Health and Human Services said on March 5.