Texas and New Mexico
Meanwhile, Texas Department of Health Tuesday provided the update of an outbreakThe counting of the case increased to 223 after a 25 -increase from the 198 Texas cases reported on Friday. Of the Texas cases, 29 have been admitted to the hospital and one has died.A 6 -year -old girl from the Guinness CountyThe center of the outbreak was made baseless to the girl and her basic health was not known.
This outbreak is primarily in unorganized children. Of the 223 cases, 76 are in 0 to 4, and 98 are between 5 and 17. Of the cases, 80 are non -devious, the status of a vaccination status of 138, and five have received at least one measles, mamps and a dose of the rubella vaccine.
A dose of MMR is 93 % effective against measles, and two doses provide 98 % protection. It is not unexpected to see issues of very few successes in large, local outbreaks.
Ginins County in Texas is across the border crossing where Mexico’s new officials have now documented 32 cases, An additional case has been reported in neighboring Eddie County, which has left the current total of 33. One of these cases has been admitted to the hospital and one person (not admitted to the hospital) died. Death was in an adult who did not seek medical care and experienced positively for measles only after death. The cause of his death is under investigation.
Of the 33 New Mexico cases, 27 were non -devoted and five did not have vaccination, and someone got at least one MMR dose. Eighteen of the 33 cases are in adults, 13 years of age are 0 to 17, and two cases are not certified.
On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were released Travel alert on the outbreak of measles. The agency warned, “With the spring and summer travel season in the United States, the CDC has emphasized the important role that physicians and public health officials play to prevent measles.” He advised therapists to be vigilant in identifying potential for measles.
The agency emphasized the importance of vaccination, and boldly: “Measles-Mumps-Robella (MMR) vaccination The most important tool for the prevention of measles remains,“Saying that” all Americans should be the latest on their MMR vaccine. “
Meanwhile, US health secretary and long -term anti -vaccine lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called for codification of democracy, which does not stop measles, and False accusations of spreading on poor nutrition.