Shakira Concert of measles

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New Jersey officials have announced that a person, from another state, went to the concert of Shakira while he was infected with measles. The person in which his identity has not been revealed, attended the singer’s show last May 15 at the Metlife Stadium, in East Rutherford.

The New Jersey Health Department issued a warning last Tuesday, May 20, alerting residents about “a recently identified case of measles in a non -resident of NJ who attended a concert in that state while it was contagious.”

An aerial view of Metlife Stadium, in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

The health agency warned, that anyone who has been in the stadium, between 7:30 pm and the 1AM could have been exposed to infection.

Shakira completely sang in Spanish on American television — The authorities have revealed that among the attendees there was an infected person of measles.

Just as indicated by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the virus spreads when an infected person coughs or sneezes; The virus remains in the air for up to two hours. Until the closing of this edition, the Department of Health has not received new cases following the show, adding that the symptoms of the disease could manifest until June 6.

Shakira appeared this weekend in Medellín, Colombia, after having canceled their concerts in that city last February — Until now, no new cases have been recorded following the Shakira concert.

The show, which is part of the tour Women no longer cryhad exhausted tickets and according to the data, the Metlife has a capacity of more than 82 thousand people. According to the most recent data on the CDC, there have been 1,024 confirmed measles confirmed cases this 2025. Most cases have occurred in children, with 303 cases in children under 5 years, and 388 cases in child between 5 and 19 years.

Measles “is not just a small rash”, warns the CDC, ensuring that it can be “dangerous”, especially for babies and young children. One in five people who contract the virus will be hospitalized, with symptoms that include high fever, and red and crying eyes and nose. It can cause “serious health complications,” says the CDC, including pneumonia, encephalitis (brain swelling) and death. Three people have died in the United States because of measles so far this year.

What are the symptoms of measles?

According to May Clinic, measles symptoms appear between 10 and 14 days after exposure to virus.

The signs and symptoms of measles are generally the following:

Fever
Hacking cough
Nose dripping
Sore throat
Inflamed eyes (conjunctivitis)
Tiny white spots with bluish white center and red background inside the mouth, on the inner face of the cheek, also called Koplik spots
Rash constituted by large and flat spots that are generally melt each other