
‘Thousands’ may experience measles in Texas when the outbreak increases.
at West Texas Operations Still growing continuously. Now, it may spread to the central states and the New Mexico nearby.
at Texas health service It has been confirmed that there are 146 patients in the virus that can be contacted since the outbreak, which has the center in Ganscardy, beginning at the end of January. Twenty people are hospitalized and one child died.
Some of the Central Texas have been investigated since the journey from Gansanie to San Marcos and San Antonio at the weekend Valentine’s weekend.
Visitors of Texas University at San Antonio Campus and many restaurants and convenience stores such as BUC-Ee in other areas near the city.
“It is very possible that this person will contact thousands of people in our community and visitors.” Anita Kurian, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District District Director of Communications “We are the destination cities. We are very concerned about the risk of large communities that have the potential in these public areas. “
In the Friday, Katherine Wells, the public health director for the Lubbock Health Department, said that most communities are vaccinated, although because of measles as a contact disease, they are in contact with the family and inspect the school closely for infection.
“I expect to see more cases,” she said. “I’m very worried about accepting the school or daydled. We are following closely. “
Dr. Ronald in the health officials of the Texas Tech University Health Center in Lubbock and the city’s health agencies warned that people may not know whether they have been revealed or not. The incubation distance is seven to 14 days. The fastest symptoms are nascodic nose and conjunctivitis or red eyes that have water, followed by the pain in the mouth and has a high fever 103-104 degrees.
People are infected. “From four days before the rash appeared until four days after the birth of a rash,” said the prison. “Then another 10 days to overcome the disease.”
Kurian said that her office has been calling up to 80 times a day from those who are concerned about the touch of a measles in San Antonio. May be at least a week until the case reveal himself.
“We expect to see any cases coming out of these risks by March 8,” she said.
Most or all patients in the hospital are children. The children who are accepted are very lacking or there is a problem of serious breath. Cook said during a Friday briefing.
Small children have small airlines that are not able to handle a large amount of inflammation caused by measles easily.
Most of the cases are children who do not receive vaccines, including School -aged children who died on Wednesday–
Public health officials are trying to find out that Nine case In the neighboring New Mexico, previously announced with Texas outbreak
In case of not related to current outbreaks Also appeared in Alaska, California, Georgia Kenki, New Jersey, New Mexico, York City and Road Island.
The origin of the outbreak of West Texas, which is believed to start in the Mennonite community closely close to Welsh, said on Friday.
“We will not receive answers soon,” she observed that other outbreaks in the last few years from “US citizens or people who travel out of the country and bring it back.”
While learning is one of the most contacted viruses in the world. But was controlled by using a widely used vaccine (MMR) in the population of two shots, 97% effective in the prevention of diseases and most of our children have received them because CDC has been introduced for a long time: one size, about 1 age, 1 and about 5
such as The hesitation of the vaccine increases over time.Little children get their pictures. The rate of vaccine exemption in Genz County is almost 18% for the academic year 2023-24. Department of Health–
There is no vaccine document or a detention in the community that has been affected by the current measles outbreak. However, there are free tests and vaccinations.
“We learned a lot of lessons during the COVID” prison. “We cannot force anyone to use drugs. That is a attack. “
The prison said that he expects the outbreak to increase in the next few weeks.
“It’s not a large forest fire,” he said. “It will be a bustling fire for a while until we stop it in the end and extinguish.”
At the end of Thursday, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention has been posted for the first time. statement Regarding the outbreak of CDC data, the Department of Health and Human Services is “Providing technical assistance, laboratory support, vaccine and medicine as necessary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Texas health services.”
CDC said that the vaccination “is still the best protection to the infection” in the early phase of the state health officials in Texas, the 2,000 special MMR vaccine, which is made by CDC.
No specific treatment or antiretroviral drugs for measles Most doctors try to treat patients to moisturize and help them get enough oxygen.