The United States has now recorded more than 300 measles cases exceeding the number of annual cases for all years since 2019. Most of this year’s cases have broken into an unintentional county in western Texas in late January, which has spread. New Mexico and Oklahoma.
By the afternoon of March 14, Texas reported 259 cases In 11 counties, 34 hospitals and one death, which occurred in a 6 -year -old girl. New Mexico reported 35 cases In two counties, two in hospitals, and one death. The death took place in an unidentified adult who did not get medical treatment and since then experienced the virus positively. The cause of death is still under investigation. Oklahoma has reported two potential cases Attached to the spreading.
In addition to Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, 12 other states have reported at least one certified measles case since the beginning of the year: Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Waselvania, Waselonia, Waselonia. According to the disease control and prevention centers, there are three or more cases of measles outbreaks this year.
As of March 13, the CDC raped 301 certified casesWhich does not include 36 cases reported in Texas today and two new cases in New Mexico.
“The measles is back”
Since 2000, when the Health Officer Winnerly eliminated measles from the United States Thanks to the joint vaccination campaigns, measles cases are high in just three other years. In 2014, the country saw 667 cases of measles. In 2018, there were 381 cases. And in 2019When the country was on the way to losing its elimination status– There were 1,274 cases here, which were widely driven by widespread outbreaks in New York. If there is no continuous spread in the country in the last 12 months, then measles is considered to be eliminated. (It is not to be confused with “elimination”, which is praised. “Permanent decrease in zero of events around the world“Of an infectious disease. Smalls and riders are just pathogens that humans have eliminated.)