CDC Sends Medical Personnel to Address Measles Outbreak at Migrant Detention Center

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is deploying medical personnel to help address a measles outbreak at a migrant detention center in Illinois . Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) officials announced Sunday that CDC teams will help screen and vaccinate 'new arrivals' to its Pilsen migrant shelter after a second case of measles was discovered at the center.

'Teams from CDPH and healthcare partners including Cook County Health, Rush University Medical Center and the University of Illinois-Chicago have been on site all weekend at the Pilsen shelter screening all residents for symptoms and vaccination status, and administering vaccines as needed,' the CDPH said in a statement. 'A team from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is also coming to Chicago to assist with the response,' the statement added. SECOND CASE OF MEASLES CONFIRMED AT CHICAGO MIGRANT SHELTER City officials are urging residents to make sure everyone in their household is vaccinated against measles, and are instituting a 21-day quarantine for migrants after receiving the sho

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