They impose quarantine at two Los Angeles universities for measles

More than 200 students and two staff members University of Los Angeles They have been quarantined because they may have been exposed to measles, are not vaccinated or can not show immunity, the authorities said Thursday.

The order published Wednesday concerned the Angeleno campus of the University of California (UCLA) and California State University, requires exposed people to stay at home, avoid contact with other people, and warn the authorities if they develop measles symptoms. Public health officials in Los Angeles County have ordered quarantine quarantine for 24 to 48 hours until immunity is recognized, according to a UCLA statement. Some people will have to be quarantined for a week.

"Rest badured that we have the necessary resources for prevention and treatment, and that we are working closely with the public health authorities on this issue," said UCLA President Gene Block at the statement. .

The United States has recorded nearly 700 cases of measles this year, the highest in 25 years, in a resurgence largely attributed to misinformation that has led some parents to refuse to vaccinate their children. About three quarters of this year's cases occurred in the state of New York.

A UCLA student diagnosed with measles probably exposed 500 people to the disease on campus early April, according to a school statement.

Of these, 79 students and teachers had not submitted any medical records by Thursday night showing immunity against measles.

Meanwhile, at California State University, a person infected with measles went to a library and may have met hundreds of employees, some of whom were students. A total of 156 of them were not able to provide their vaccination certificates until Thursday afternoon, according to a university statement.

"The Department of Public Health has determined that there is no known risk related to measles in the library at the moment," California State University said in a statement.

The measure is due to a small measles outbreak in Los Angeles County that includes five confirmed cases related to overseas trips. In the state, 38 cases of measles were recorded until Thursday; Last year, there were about 11 at the same time, said Dr. Karen Smith, director of the California Department of Public Health.