“We deeply inform you that a school -age child diedwhich was recently diagnosed with measles and was treated in the hospital due to complications. What should be emphasized, The child was not vaccinated against the Odra And he had no known comorbidities. This emphasizes the importance of vaccinations, “said the spokesman.
“New York Times” said that The victim is an 8-year-old girlwhich died of “lung failure caused by measles.” This is the second case of death confirmed in America due to the Oder over the past decade.
The anti -vaccination secretary of health spoke
As the Axios portal noted, this prompted the Secretary of Health and Social Welfare of the United States Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to visit Texas. NBC News has announced that Kennedy planned to take part in the funeral of a child planned for Sunday.
In turn, according to Reuters Kennedy, for a long time skeptical of vaccines, in response to the first case of death because of the Oder in February, he commented on that Such epidemics are common.
In the opinion of some opponents of vaccines, this should be a personal choice. Skepticism, growing in the face of administering these preparations fertile ground for infection.
The Department of State for Health Services (DSHS) in Texas informed on Friday about 59 new cases of measles in three days. This is an increase of 15 percent. And it consists of a total of 481 from the end of January cases of illness in this state.
Odra infections were also reported, among others in Nowy Mexico, Oklahomie and Colorado.
On Thursday, American disease and disease prevention centers (CDC) announced a weekly increase in the number of cases of measles in the whole country at 124. In 2024 a total of 285 was registered in the USA.
According to the CDC data, 97 percent Cases of the Odra in the USA applies to unvaccinated persons or those whose vaccination is unknown.
