As the Number of Cases in the Texas Measles Outbreak Continues to Climb, Oklahoma is Now Reporting Four Cases, According to the Oklahoma State Department of Health.
Currently, the Total of 321 Have Been Reported in the Outbreak of Measles That Began Earlier This Year in Gaines County, Texas, and has Since Spread to New Mexico and Now Oklahoma. All Four Cases in Oklahoma Reported “Exposure Associated with the Texas and New Mexico Outbreak.”
AS OF MARCH 18, THE NUMBER OF CASES IN THE MEASELES OUTBREAK IN GAINES COUNTY AND THE SURRINGING COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE OF TEXED 279 INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING AT LAST 208 CHILDREN AND 52 ADULTS. Thirty-Six Patients Have Been Hospitalized. The Total Number of Cases In New Mexico is 38, with 17 Children Yenger than 17 Years and 20 Adults Affected; The Age of One Case is Pending. Two Patients Have Been Hospitalized. Cases Have Been Reported in 11 Texas Counties and Two New Mexico Counties.
The Majority of Measles Cases have Occred in Individuals who are unvaccinated or Whinse Vaccination status is unknown. However, There has Been Six Reported Cases In People Who Have Received at Least One Dose of the Measles – Masles – Rubella Vaccine, Including Two Cases in Texas and Four In New Mexico.
Last Month, Texas Reported the First Death from the Outbreak: The School-AGED Child Who unvaccinated and Had in Underlying Health Conditions. Health Officials in New Mexico are also Investigating the Death of Anvaccinated Individual Who Tested Positive for Measles to Determine The Cause of Death.
REPORTS FROM Officials Indicate that the Highly Contagious Nature of the Disease Will Likely Cause It to Continue Spreading.
“This is going to be a large outbreak, and we are Still on the side where we are increasing the number of cases.
“I Just Think It Being So Rural Now, Multistrate, It’s Just Going To Take a Lot More Boots on The Ground, Lot More Work To Get Things Under Control. It’s not an isolateed population.”
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