Before two cases of measles, will strengthen vaccination in children

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The Ministry of Health of the Nation confirmed Friday two new cases of measles imported in Buenos Aires in babies of five and six months. As a measure, the portfolio managed by Adolfo Rubinstein will reinforce, with the provinces, the vaccination program against the fetal tripe in children from one to four years. In Corrientes, although there were no cases of illness, they urged the population to check the vaccination cards of minors and, in case of missing persons, to visit health centers.
"The technical teams of the Ministries of Health of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA), the Province of Buenos Aires and the Nation met before the confirmation of two cases of measles in children under 18 years old. one year, notified by two public effectors of the city of Buenos Aires ", informed Salud de la Nación.
The cases were detected in a five-month-old resident of Buenos Aires, while the second was detected in a six-month-old girl resident in the province of Buenos Aires. Both cases showed compatible clinical signs (fever, rash, cough and conjunctivitis), to date with a good evolution.
Home control measures have been initiated in the corresponding areas and research is underway to determine the source of the infection.
In Argentina, the last case of endemic measles was recorded in 2000. Since then, a total of 32 imported and import-related cases have been recorded. The last one is produced in the city of Buenos Aires.
From the Nation urged the country's health teams to verify the immunization status of the population, to sensitize the epidemiological surveillance of febrile exanthematous disease and to respond quickly and adequately to the identification of suspected cases.
In Corrientes, the government reiterated that measles immunization can be prevented with triple antiviral vaccine, which also prevents rubella and mumps. It is applied to 12 months of life and school income (5 and 6 years). They badured that the triple viral vaccine is free and available in health centers with vaccines in the province of Corrientes.
Measles is an acute viral disease, highly contagious and potentially fatal. Symptoms include high fever, runny nose, conjunctivitis, coughing, white spots on the mouth and inner cheek, and red spots on the skin.
From October to November, the campaign against measles 2018 will be held throughout the country, which is why, at the end of June, a meeting was held in Resistencia, Chaco, between the technical teams of the Nation and the provinces. from the NEA, to plan the campaign.
The director of immunization of the province, Angelina Bobadilla, explained that this campaign is conducted "every four years and is established by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Organization. of Health (PAHO) and by Argentina. it is always between September and November. "
He said that in "this period (October and November) will be applied an additional dose of triple viral, which includes the vaccine to prevent measles, all children from thirteen months to four years and even up to one day before to be five years old "
"All these children will receive an extra dose regardless of the immunization schedule for each of them, it is in parallel with the regular vaccination schedule," he added.
"We are in the planning of the campaign.In August, the distribution of vaccines will start in the provinces and later we will distribute them in our vaccines," he said