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The syringe with the vaccine on the map of Africa represents the prevention of measles – with vaccination
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While summer travel is just beginning around the world, some are wondering what is being done to prevent measles outbreaks from accelerating in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the increase in measles is largely due to travelers who catch the disease abroad and bring it back to the United States, and then transmit the highly contagious virus to the United States. unvaccinated persons.
As reported in a recent Forbes Room, The World Health Organization showed that measles cases worldwide have increased by 300% in the first three months of 2019 compared to the same period of last year. Africa was the hardest hit, with cases up 700%. & Nbsp; So far this year, 170 countries have reported 112,163 cases of measles to WHO; Last year, during the same period, 163 countries reported 28,124 cases. The statistics could be even worse, with the WHO claiming that only one in ten cases worldwide is reported.
In the first months of 2019, 940 individual cases of measles& nbsp; have been confirmed in the United States, the highest level in 25 years. Measles was declared eliminated in 2000, but the disease is back due to anti-vaccination activists and parents refusing to vaccinate their children.
States that have reported measles cases at the CDC include Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York and Oregon. , Texas, Tennessee and Washington.
The disease has spread among unvaccinated people in Orthodox Jewish communities & nbsp; in the state of New York, New York City and New Jersey after travelers brought back measles from Israel, which itself has an epidemic. New York City has made vaccinations mandatory and religious leaders are urge their supporters to get vaccinated.
What to do about it?
Health officials from five states, including New York, contacted the CDC about travelers exposed to measles. And to combat the spread of the virus, federal authorities plan to ban people exposed to measles from flying. According to CNNHealth officials would discourage a contagious passenger from traveling on a plane and, in the event of failure of their verifiable attempts, they could contact the CDC for help.
If this fails, the CDC will work with the airline to cancel the flight and waive the fees, and the Department of Homeland Security would place the person on a public health checklist not to take on board, which tells the airline not to issue boarding card. .
The Washington Post reported that eight people across the country have canceled their travel plans instead of being placed on a list of people not to be covered by the government retained by the CDC. It has been confirmed that these unvaccinated persons are infected or have a high probability of contracting measles and being exposed to those who have it.
Sick travelers can also be placed on a & nbsp; watch list & nbsp; so that they can be detected if they try to enter the United States. The threat of being on a government list is enough to prevent most people from trying to steal.
This list was first put in place in 2007 to prevent a man with drug-resistant tuberculosis from traveling to Europe; & nbsp; CNN Notes that it was also used to prevent patients with measles from flying.
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The syringe with the vaccine on the map of Africa represents the prevention of measles – with vaccination
Getty
While summer travel is just beginning around the world, some are wondering what is being done to prevent measles outbreaks from accelerating in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the increase in measles is largely due to travelers who catch the disease abroad and bring it back to the United States, and then transmit the highly contagious virus to the United States. unvaccinated persons.
As reported in a recent Forbes article, the World Health Organization has shown that measles cases have increased by 300% in the first three months of 2019 compared to the same time of the year. last. Africa was the hardest hit, with cases up 700%. So far this year, 170 countries have reported 112,163 cases of measles to WHO; Last year, during the same period, 163 countries reported 28,124 cases. The statistics could be even worse, with the WHO claiming that only one in ten cases worldwide is reported.
In the first months of 2019, 940 individual cases of measles were confirmed in the United States, the highest number in 25 years. Measles was declared eliminated in 2000, but the disease is back because of anti-vaccination activists and parents refusing to vaccinate their children.
States that have reported measles cases at the CDC include Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York and Oregon. , Texas, Tennessee and Washington.
The disease spread among unvaccinated people in Jewish Orthodox communities in the state of New York, New York City and New Jersey after travelers brought measles back to Canada. Israel, which has an epidemic itself. New York City has made vaccinations mandatory and religious leaders urge their faithful to be vaccinated.
What to do about it?
Health officials from five states, including New York, contacted the CDC about travelers exposed to measles. And to combat the spread of the virus, federal authorities plan to ban people exposed to measles from flying. According to CNN, health officials would discourage a contagious passenger from traveling on a plane and, in the event of failure of their verifiable attempts, they could contact the CDC for help.
If this fails, the CDC will work with the airline to cancel the flight and waive the fees, and the Department of Homeland Security would place the person on a public health checklist not to take on board, which tells the airline not to issue boarding card. .
The Washington Post reported that eight people across the country had canceled their travel plans instead of being listed on a list of people not to be supported by the government retained by the CDC. It has been confirmed that these unvaccinated persons are infected or have a high probability of contracting measles and being exposed to those who have it.
Sick travelers can also be placed on a watch list so that they can be detected when they are trying to enter the United States. The threat of ending up on a government list is enough to prevent most people from trying to steal.
This list was first put in place in 2007 to prevent a man with drug-resistant tuberculosis from traveling to Europe; CNN notes that it has also been used to prevent patients with measles from flying.