Friday 18/April/2025 – 10:01 am
Health officials in the US state of Michigan confirmed the emergence of the first almost measles disease in the state this year, and the first outbreak of this very infected disease since 2019, and this announcement comes at a time when the United States witnessed a sharp rise in measles this year among non -restaurants, according to UPI.
The appearance of measles in the US state of Michigan
According to the Michigan Health Services Department in a statement on Thursday, the outbreak of measles, which was defined by three or more cases, was confirmed in Montec County, in the northeastern Grand Rapider, and the province has a total of three cases, raising the total state to seven cases.
She stated that this outbreak is linked to the outbreak of hundreds of cases in Ontario, Canada, and has nothing to do with any other cases in Michigan, and the identities of patients and their vaccination were not announced.
According to the statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States, there were 712 confirmed cases of measles and three deaths in 24 states until April 10.
Seven cases of outbreaks of the disease occurred so far this year, with three or more cases, which represented 93% of the total measles.
With regard to the vacation in patients, 97% of them were either unacceptable against measles or their vaccination is unknown, and the vast majority of cases in West Texas were confirmed.
The Texas Health Services Department said on Tuesday that it had confirmed 561 measles injury since late January, an increase of 20 cases from four previous days.