State, city health departments release statements after 3 more measles cases reported at Pilsen migrant shelter.

Three additional measles cases were confirmed late Tuesday night, bringing the total so far to eight. The Illinois Department of Public Health and other state agencies said they mobilizing to help Chicago and Cook County contain the outbreak.

At the city’s largest migrant shelter on South Halsted Street in Pilsen, asylum seekers who have been vaccinated go about their business while the unvaccinated or recently vaccinated must stay inside and watch for symptoms. It is a situation brought about by a measles outbreak here, one public health ambassador Maria Perez said she sees every day. “They are concerned because they aren’t getting any medical attention,” said Perez, who has been helping asylum seekers through the Southwest Collective group.

But that chance that can be reduced dramatically, Geevarghese said, by the MMR, or measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. The CDC recommends that it be administered in two doses: one when a child is between 12-15 months old and a second when they are 4 to 6 years old.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

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