Texas measles cases climb to almost 14% in 3 days

The Texas Health Department connected Friday said that measles cases successful the authorities accrued from 422 to 481 earlier successful the week, arsenic the United States battles 1 of the largest outbreaks of the illness successful the past decade.

The Texas Department of State Health Services said cases successful Gaines County, the halfway of the outbreak that started successful precocious January, roseate to 315 from 280 connected April 1, adding that hospitalizations roseate from 42
to 56.

Separately, the New Mexico Department of Health said the authorities reported six further measles cases from 3 days ago, taking the full to 54.

DAILY POST reports that astir of New Mexico’s cases were reported successful Lea County, which is adjacent to Gaines County successful Texas.

According to the Mexican wellness department, 36 cases were successful radical who were not vaccinated, portion 471 of the infected successful Texas were either unvaccinated oregon their vaccination presumption was unknown.

Infectious illness experts were said to person warned past week that debased vaccination rates tin marque the colonisation susceptible to highly contagious measles and the outbreak tin dispersed further.

DAILY POST reports that measles cases person been reported successful 20 U.S. jurisdictions truthful acold this twelvemonth — Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York City, New York State, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Washington.