Parents in the Los Angeles area are on maximum alert in the event of a measles outbreak or quarantine

LOS ANGELES (KABC) – Quarantine orders are still in effect for hundreds of students and teachers in Cal State Los Angeles and UCLA, who may have been exposed to measles earlier this month. this.

At Cal State, 875 people were quarantined and 129 at UCLA after being exposed to measles earlier this month.

Nancy Ruiz said her baby had been vaccinated. She did not consider not attending her eldest daughter's dance competition at Cal State on Saturday.

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As a nurse, Ruiz said she has treated many calls from worried patients over the past few days, saying some patients fear that their vaccines may not be effective.

"We have parents who do not want vaccines because of a study done a long time ago that says the MMR gives them autism, but it has been proven that this was not not accurate information, "said Ruiz.

What worries Ruiz more is the number of parents still trying to refuse the vaccine.

The number of measles cases in the United States has climbed to nearly 700 this year, including five in Los Angeles County and 38 in the state.

Student health services on the Cal State campus in Los Angeles are closed Saturday, but on Friday, between Cal State and UCLA, two days after health officials ordered precautions, about 325 of those affected had been released from prison. quarantine.