Kid Dies From Measles in Cochoapa, Guerrero

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A child or native of Cochoapa el Grande, Guerrero, died due to sarampin, reported local deputy Beatriz V lez N ez.

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The Ministry of Health of Guerrero reported a 2-year-old baby died of measles in the community of Río Encajonado, municipality of Cochoapa el Grande. This death is the first recorded in the entity due to the outbreak that plagues the country. According to the authorities, death has no diagnostic confirmation by laboratory, however, his twin brother was positive to the measles test, so it was classified as death by epidemiological association. Ch…

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The Ministry of Health of Guerrero confirmed on the night of this Wednesday, February 18, 2026 the first measles death in that entity and indicated that the victim was a two-year-old baby. In a statement, the state agency said that the minor died in Cochoapa el Grande, located in the region of the Mountain, one of the municipalities with the highest rates of extreme poverty and marginalization in the country. The State Health Secretariat specifi…