West -Texas reports nearly 200 measles shops. New Mexico is a maximum of 30

A Historical outbreak of measles in West -Texas Is just a shortage of 200 cases, the State Health Officers of Texas said on Friday, while the number of things in neighboring New Mexico tripled to 30.

Most cases in both states are younger than 18 and people who are not -vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status.

Texas health officials identified 39 new infections of the highly contagious disease, so that the total count was brought to 198 people in the outbreak of West Texas since it began at the end of January. Twenty -three people have been admitted to the hospital so far.

Last week, a school -going child died of measles in Texas, The first measles of the nation in a decade. The American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced this week that they sent a team to Texas to help local public health officials respond to the outbreak.

Health officials in New Mexico had already reported a steady number of cases in Lea County for weeks – which borders the epicenter of the Texas outbreak. But on Friday, state health officials grant the Associated Press a count of the week per week that shows that cases have steadily increased from 14 cases in the week from 9 to 30 February this week.

A spokesperson for the health department said that more cases are expected and that many of the cases reported on Friday were not identified until the diseases of people had had their course. The Department has said that it was unable to prove a clear connection with the Texas outbreak, although on February 14 said that a link is ‘presumably’.

On Thursday, New Mexico’s health officials confirmed a non -vaccinated adult who died without looking for medical care Positive tested on measles. The state medical researcher did not announce the official cause of death, but the State Health Department said on Friday that it is ‘measles’.

The CDC said on Friday that it also confirmed measles shops in Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, New York City, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Washington. But the outbreaks of Texas and New Mexico make up for most of the business of the nation.

The rise in the cases of measles has been an important test for American health and human service secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccinactivist who did that the safety of vaccines in children interviewed. He recently stopped recommending people who receive the vaccine and he promoted unproven treatments for the virus, such as liver oil.

Kennedy rejected the Texas outbreak as ‘not unusual’, although most local doctors in the West -Texas region told the Associated Press that they have never seen a case of measles in their career until this outbreak.

The measles, mumps and rubella vaccine are safe and very effective in preventing infection and severe cases. The first shot is recommended for children from 12 to 15 months and the second for children from 4 to 6 years.

Vaccination percentages in children throughout the country have decreased As an increasing number of parents Find exemptions from public school requirements for personal or religious reasons. In Gaines County, Texas, which has most cases, the vaccination percentage of the kindergarten measles is 82% – far below 95% needed to prevent outbreaks.

Many of Gaines County’s things are in the “close, underwired” Mennonite Community of the province, a diverse group that has had historically lower vaccination rates and whose members can distrust towards government mandates and intervention.

Measles is a breathing virus that can survive in the air for two hours. Up to 9 out of 10 people who are susceptible, get the virus if they are exposed, According to the CDC. Due to the success of the vaccine, the US considered eliminated measles in 2000.

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