On Tuesday, health officials said that the number of measles events increased to 505 since January.
The Texas Health Service Bureau reported 24 new examples and one new hospitalization in Tuesday updates.
Increasing cases included the first cases of Randall and Borden County.
The state reported the death of the second child on April 3 with complications related to measles.
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State health authorities reported 24 new measles on Tuesdays and reported that they were the most new cases in Gainz County.
Gainz County reported 13 additional cases on Tuesday and raised the total number of cases reported to 328. County accounts for 65%of the main case.
The state also reported the first case of Borden and Randall County, and each county reported one case.
The outbreak has seen 57 people hospitalized after the outbreak. In Tuesday updates, only one new hospitalization has been reported.
All 24 cases reported on Tuesday were not vaccinated.
Since January, seven cases have been reported to those who are considered a complete vaccination and those who take only the vaccine once.
Another 495 cases have been reported that they have not been vaccinated or are unknown.
In Texas, two school -age children died of complications with measles. The state health authorities said both were not vaccinated and the basic conditions were not known.
Read more: RFK JR. is a funeral for Texas children who died of measles
Number:
County’s total examples are as follows:
- Gainz County: 328
- LubBock County: 36
- Lin County: 2
- Terry County: 46
- Joa Kum County: 17
- Dawson County: 20
- ECTOR COUNTY: 8
- Dalam County: 7
- Martin County: 3
- Cochran County: 10
- Rama County: 11
- Let’s County: 2
- Hale County: 5
- Hockley County: 3
- RAM County: 1
- Andrew County: 1
- Midland County: 1
- Brown County: 1
- Eras County: 1
- Borden County: 1
- Randal County: 1
The total cases by age are as follows.
- 0-4 years: 160 cases
- 5-17: 191
- 18+: 130 cases
- Unknown: 24 cases
Read more: Texas’ measles vaccination rate: find a school district.
The patient’s vaccination status is as follows.
- Vaccination/Unknown Status: 495
- Vaccine vaccination with one dose: 3
- Vaccine vaccination with more than one dose: 7
Next:
The Texas Health Service Bureau will announce the case update on Tuesday and Friday.
Other measles in Texas
Another case has been reported in Texas, but officials say that it did not occur in Texas West.
Most cases were related to international travel.
- Harris County: 3
- Port Bend: 1
- Locke Wall County: 1
- Travis County: 1
What is measles?
Why should you take care:
Measles are infectious respiratory diseases. The virus is transmitted by a public spread when directly in contact with the infected water droplets or when an infected person breathes, coughs or sneezes.
Measles viruses can be infected in the air for up to two hours after an infected person leaves the area.
The disease (high fever, cough, runny nose and red eyes) begins a week or two weeks after someone is exposed. A few days later, Telltale Rash flows into flat and red spots on the face and spreads the neck and body into the rest of the body.
A person is infectious four days before the rash appears four days. People with measles must be at home or school during that period.
Measles symptoms
The general symptoms of measles are as follows.
- High fever (up to 105 ° F)
- cough
- snot
- Red and watery eyes
- A small white spot that can appear in the mouth 2-3 days after the symptoms begin
- 3-5 days after other diseases. “Measles rash” usually starts on your face and spreads to the rest of your body.
How to prevent measles
The best way to prevent sick illness is to be vaccinated as a two -dose vaccine for measles. The two capacity of the MMR vaccine are very effective in preventing measles.
People who have been vaccinated sometimes can sometimes cause measles. But they usually experience light symptoms and are unlikely to spread disease to others.
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RFK JR. supports MMR vaccines during the occurrence.
Health and Welfare Minister Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attended the funeral of an eight -year -old girl who traveled to Texas on Sunday and died of measles. After the funeral, Kennedy threw a support for the MMR vaccine.
What should be done when exposed to measles
If you think there is a measles or you are exposed to people with measles, you can separate it from others and prepare to arrive without exposing others to the virus before taking the test before making a test. Measles are very contagious and can cause life -threatening diseases for those who are not protected from viruses. Review the vaccination records of you and your children and check whether the measles vaccine is the latest. In addition, discuss the vaccination records and questions about these vaccines to the provider.
Control from group settings
- Those who are confirmed or suspected of measles should stay home in school, work and other group environments even after 4 days of starting the rash.
- Those who do not have immunity due to vaccination or previous measles infection during the onset must be separated from people with measles to protect and control people without immunity.
- According to the Texas Administrative Law (TAC) rules §97.7, the school and childcare environment exposed children who have not been exempted for at least 21 days after the last date to measles.
Source: The information of this article came from Texas Health Service Update on Tuesday, April 8th.
