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Nine suspected cases have now been registered in Visaginas, announced Thursday the National Center of Public Health.
"Until now, only one case of measles has been detected, others are suspected.if they prove it, it will be a measles epidemic", has said Diana Brunevičienė, Head of Quality Management and Communication at the National Public Health Center.
There were nine employees of a sewing company at the hospital with alleged intent to Visaginas.
Center specialists took steps to control the epidemic.
"The probability of spread of the disease is low because the volume of measles vaccine in the country is quite high.According to 2017 data, in Lithuania, about 95% children of the disease were vaccinated and Visaginas more than 99% "said the National Center for Public Health.
Measles – an inflammation of the air suspended in the air, it starts with fever, upper respiratory tract, inflammation of the eye. Later, a rash appears: rashes in the face, then the whole body. Pulmonary inflammation of the eyelids, sinusitis, laryngitis, inflammation of the brain (encephalitis), inflammation of the intestine (enterocolitis) may occur. Significant complications include pneumonia, ear pain, convulsions, and so on.
The person infected with measles is a sick person. The measles virus is released from the person infected by the respiratory tract in the first days of the disease (a total of 4 to 7 days).
The most effective way to prevent this disease is vaccination. The combined measles-epidemic-parotito-rubella combined vaccine in Lithuania is vaccinated according to the schedule of preventive vaccination of children.
Last year, two measles cases were registered in Lithuania and 22 thereafter.
In 2015, 134,200 people died from measles deaths worldwide. people.
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