The Georgia Department of Public Health issued a health alert on August 30, 2025 after measles was detected in wastewater in Georgia.
The following information is from the alert’s summary.
The Georgia Department of Health (DPH) is alerting healthcare providers to two detections of measles found in sewage samples through routine wastewater testing. The positive samples were collected on Monday August 18, 2025 and Tuesday August 26, 2025 from a wastewater treatment plant in the North Metro Atlanta Area, Georgia.
Detection of measles in wastewater does not represent an official measles case and this comes at a time when no active measles infections have been reported in Georgia. However, DPH urges healthcare providers to maintain heightened awareness for patients with symptoms compatible with measles and continue to promote vaccination. This detection could mean that there was at least one person with a measles infection present or traveling through the North Metro Atlanta Area around the time of this detection.