[ad_1]
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a travel advisory for Kazakhstan, where health officials have reported a measles outbreak.
The CDC warned that travelers should make sure that they are vaccinated against measles with the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. Two doses of this vaccine are nearly 100% effective in preventing measles.
Meanwhile, the measles outbreak in Washington, United States, has reached the highest number of infections since 1996, according to one official. There have been 38 confirmed cases and 13 suspected cases to date. In addition, two people became ill in Hawaii after leaving Washington where they became infected. In Georgia, the Ministry of Health confirmed that three members of the same family had contracted the disease. These people have not been vaccinated and the Ministry of Public Health of Georgia recently announced that they were no longer infected with the disease. No link has been established between the Washington outbreak and the three cases in Georgia. Another case has been confirmed in Multnomah County, Oregon, which has been badociated with the outbreak in Washington.
The contagious virus spreads in the air by coughing and sneezing and will kill one or two out of 1000 children who contract it. A common point in the American epidemic is that, in the majority of confirmed cases, individuals were not vaccinated, which underlines the importance of vaccination.
Source link
