They assure that there is no warning for measles in Mendoza

The head of epidemiology at the Ministry of Health, Rubén Cerchiai in a dialogue with Estudio 91.7, said: "In our province there is no alert measles, but nationally. "

Two cases were confirmed in infants of 5 and 6 months, one from the city of Buenos Aires and the other from the province of Buenos Aires because it is an illness which has long been eliminated from the country in endemic or indigenous form. transmission, we have only had imported cases in recent years, that is why we just call attention to prevent this from being reintroduced.

"Measles is a very contagious virus and if there are people who are not protected, either because they have not suffered from the disease, or because they are not infected. they are not well vaccinated, the risk of infection is very high " Cerchiai said:

like the rest of the country, l the only way to avoid it is to adequately vaccinate the population In this case, it is a vaccine that is placed when the child reaches the age of 1 year, has a second dose or a reinforcement when it enters the garden of 5. With this scheme, we consider that the individual is already protected. "

He also stated that it was necessary to pay close attention to symptoms or suspicions from the onset of this disease, promptly consult to take the blocking measures to prevent contagion [19659008] "and on the other hand strengthen the issue of the cover This is the only valid tool that we must prevent and avoid the presence of an epidemic. "

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