The first measles case of 2025 has been confirmed in the state, and it’s in Middle Tennessee.

Tennessee Department of Health says the infected person is recovering in their home.

Doctor Joseph Gigante with the Monroe Carell, Junior Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt says the spread of measles seems to be moving fast after starting in west Texas.

Tennessee health officials say measles is highly infectious and spreads through the air when an infected person speaks, coughs or sneezes.

Doctors say watch out for symptoms of small bumps, high fever, cough and a runny noise. Measles can also be fatal.

There’s an active national measles outbreak with over 300 cases in 11 states, including two deaths.