Now exceeds that the continuous measles outbreaks in Texas, the cases in the United States now exceed 500, according to the states of the state’s Ministry of Health “NBC News”.
The 523 cases are registered in less than three months, the second highest annual in the country during a decade. In the only year with more cases, 2019, the United States almost lost the elimination of measles.
Since Texas began to spread in late January, 400 cases have been confirmed in the state, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Health Services He said in an update Friday. Forty -one patients were transferred to the hospital, and a 6 -year -old died.
All confirmed infections of Texas except for two people who were not heterogeneous or were not unknown.
Three other states spread: New Mexico, Akllahoma and Kandas, where The World Health Organization mentioned on Thursday The virus’s DNA sequence in one case was identical to those in Texas.
The outbreak of Jeans, Texas, which recorded 226 cases, was established, according to the Ministry of Governmental Health. The province has one of the highest rates of exemption of school vaccine in the state by approximately 18 % Health Department data.
Catherine Wells, the nearby Lubuk Province, told NBC News last week that efforts to increase the vaccination there had received a lukewarm response and suggested that it be for a year until the disease is controlled.
On the national level, the centers of control and prevention control are estimated at 92.7 % of kindergarten who have two doses of measles vaccine, mumps and measles (MMR). Effective shot system 97 % in measles prevent.
However, the rate may be less among children under the age of 5, who are not fully captured in monitoring data. A Last month study It is calculated, based on a poll, that the share may reach 72 %.
In a large part of it thanks to the success of the MMR vaccine, measles have been seen in the United States since 2000, which means that the virus does not spread continuously, although there are cross outbreaks.
Children usually get the first measles in 12 to 15 months, followed by the second when they are between 4 and 6 years old. But the health department in Texas He said earlier this month that he might be considered Children’s vaccination at the age of 6 months. the CDC says Health departments can offer previous vaccines in areas with an outbreak.
Black is very infectious – the virus spreads through the air and can continue For up to two hours after leaving the affected person An area, according to the Center for Disease Control. Up to 90 % of people who do not count from the previous vaccine or infection can contract with the disease if you communicate with an infected person.
Symptoms of infection include high fever, cough, pink eye, gonorrhea, white spots and rash. Severe complications can lead to death – approximately 1 to 3 out of every 1,000 children who receive measles die, according to the Center for Disease Control.