As Measles Cases Surge, Mexico Issues a US Travel Alert

As in the US Over the years, the struggle to protect its worst ham outbreak, cases have spread to Mexico. A Report on April 25The Mexico Health Ministry has said that there are 583 confirmed cases in the country this year, which has been recorded in the border state of Chihuuha. 2 April 27, Chihuua Health Secretariat has raised the number of confirmed cases in the state, even more, to 713. In comparison, the PAN has stated the American Health Organization Only 7 confirmed suit In the whole of Mexico in 2024.

The outbreak of chihuua is partially due to the close proximity of Texas, which is the border to the north. Been a large outbreak The US state is running in the end of JanuaryAnd have been sued in Mexico NorthernThe The United States has recorded 884 This year, the ham confirmed, the disease has died from the disease from 2021 to 2021. 646 in this year’s case in the United States is in Texas.

The Hum virus across Mexico has been issued in a Health Ministry to try to prevent the spread out of further spread Travel warning For the United States and Canada, where cases have also grown sharply. The ministry advises travelers to ensure that they have up-to-date, practice social distances, wear a mask and often wash their hands.

Reading vaccine levels also helped to carry out Mexico’s cases, As they are in the USThe In the United States this year, 98 percent of cases, patients – whether an adult or child – had no history of vaccination against ham. In early April, it was reported that a 31 -year -old man, who was unchanged against Ham, was killed due to the disease in Chihuuha.

Because ham is extremely contagious, the vaccination against it is a very high rate – 95 percent – the virus is needed to prevent the spread from spreading. However, the rate of vaccination in Mexico has decreased. Children are expected to get two doses of ham vaccine, the first one is usually between 12 and 15 months and the second is in the next few years. According to the WHO, in 2023 Only 76 percent In Mexico, children under the age of 2 got a ham vaccine.

If the rate is not improving, it can become local again in North America. In accordance with one Analysis By epidemic scientists at the University of Stanford, at the current state-level vaccine rate, the hams can reprieve themselves and may be present in the country for the next two decades. This will result in death of 2,500 in the next 25 years.

In response to the emergency need for reversing the vaccine coverage of Mexico, the Health Ministry has launched a National Nationwide Movement Week, Covid -1 epidemic, the country’s first nationwide immunization operation. 2 April from April to May 7, the plan to increase vaccine levels in this group is the most risky in the ham: children between the ages of 1 and 9. The ministry hopes that 1.5 million children will be inoculated to bring up their up -to -date with their shots by providing free vaccines to hospitals, clinics, schools and health centers.

Hum is not the only disease in Mexico: Children over 4 years of age are also given vaccine at DPT (Diphtheria, Partuis and Tetanus) and a pneumococcal booster is being given at the age of 12 months. Adolescents, adults and pregnant women over the age of 60, are also being invited to get a specific vaccine that they may need.

Ham Viral diseaseAnd it is considered one of the world’s most contagious. It spreads among most children. It communicates with infected nasal or pharyngial secretions and infections through the air and it primarily affects the breathing tract. Symptoms are high fever, cough, lots of nasal discharge and a skin rash that spreads throughout the body. Complications may include blindness, encephalitis (brain inflammation), diarrhea, dehydration, ear infections and pneumonia. In serious cases it can be fatal.

This story was originally attended Wired In Spanish And have been translated from Spanish.