Measles: 3 new confirmed cases in unvaccinated girls – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

The Health Ministry on Saturday confirmed three new cases of measles among girls residing in the city and in the province of Buenos Aires unvaccinated and issued an epidemiological alert reminding of the obligation to immunize against the disease.

"These are two girls of 11 months and another of three years who, during the period of transmissibility, crossed the territory of the city and the province of Buenos Aires", the health party said.

One of the babies arrived in the health system on September 4 and now "shows a good evolution and continues in outpatient monitoring".

The three-year-old girl lives in the city and "presented with a rash (rash) on September 10. It also shows good progress," according to official reports.

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As for the other 11-month-old baby, who lives in Health Region V, north of the metropolitan area, he "is also doing well and performing ambulatory treatments".

None had received vaccines and the diagnosis was confirmed by the pediatric hospital Ricardo Gutiérrez.

During the week, the national agency also announced that it had received notification from the National Liaison Center for International Health Regulations (RSI) confirmation of two cases of measles in children aged 7 and 11, tourists not vaccinated against the disease.

During the transmissibility period, they remained in Buenos Aires, Luján and Ezeiza airport on 3 September, the day they returned to Europe from where they left on 15 August. .

According to the latest National Epidemiological Surveillance Bulletin, which includes Health Week 34, there has been this year in Argentina, five confirmed cases of measles, to which are now added these three cases of girls and two of minor tourists, totaling 10 infections in the whole country.

According to the National Immunization Schedule, Children aged 12 months to five years "must prove a triple dose of virus (which protects against measles, rubella and mumps)", while the more than five years "must receive two doses of double or triple viral vaccine".

At the same time, people born before 1965 "do not need to be vaccinated because they are considered protected because they have been in contact with the virus," they reminded the ministry of health.

He also stated that As of 2019, more than 4,500 cases have been reported worldwide, with the United States and Brazil leading the list with the highest number of people with measles, while in Europe, the number of people with measles is highest in the world. incidence of the disease tripled.