Measles in Texas and New Mexico in the United States increased to 294 on Friday (14), with a spread in late January in West Texas.
The United States recorded a total of 285 infections last year, based on data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of American Diseases.
The cases in New Mexico and Texas have increased by 38 in the past three days, according to data of health departments in both countries on Friday.
There were 174 cases in the province of Jeans, Texas, the center of eruption, compared to 156 cases on March 11. So far, 34 patients have been transferred in the state in the state.
In New Mexico, cases increased from 33 to 35 on Friday, including two cases in Eddie County and the rest in Lea Province, adjacent to Jeans Province.
On Tuesday (11), the Ministry of Health in Oklahoma reported two “potential” cases after individuals were exposed Texas and New Mexico Similar symptoms of the group showed.
Daniel Nichols, a virus at the University of Citton Hall, said it is difficult to say at this stage whether the outbreak of fascism is spreading beyond the two states.
“But at the present time, with increasing cases, it is still a great concern,” he added.
In February, an unpaid child died without basic health problems due to measles in Texas, and he occupies the signs The first death of the disease in the United States since 2015. The investigation of the death of an unpaid adult in New Mexico remains.
The growing outbreak is the first major challenge to US Minister of Health Robert F. Kennedy Junior, who is skeptical of vaccines that confirmed the role of parents in the decision to vaccinate their children.
CDC Centers (CDC) says the measles vaccine, mumps and measles (MMR) is the most important tool to prevent measles.
The Texas Ministry of Health classified 257 patients as “unknown or unknown”, that is, people without doses documented from the measles vaccine more than 14 days before the symptoms appeared.
After the additional investigation, the Texas Ministry of Health said it had removed a resident of Lubuk Province, as the test results decided that he was suffering from a reaction to the vaccine and was not injured.
The side effects of the vaccine include arm pain, fever, light rash, and temporary joint pain, according to the Center for Disease Control.
