US EditionEpidemiological Alert for New Cases of Measles
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The Ministry of Health of the Nation issued an epidemiological alert following the detection of four cases of measles in a family that crossed the Argentine territory during a trip from Bolivia to Uruguay. The measure seeks to inform the provincial authorities and the population, in addition to activating the necessary actions to identify close contacts and block possible contagions that occurred during their passage through the country. The fou…
Buenos Aires, 26 November (NA) -- The Ministry of Health of the Nation issued an epidemiological alert to inform the judicial authorities and the general population about the situation in order to take appropriate measures to identify and monitor close contacts and to block possible contagions that may have occurred during their journey through our country. This alert is due to the entry of 4 cases of measles into our country, in the context of …
Measles symptoms mainly affect children up to five years of age and their complications can be lethal. Vaccination is the only way to prevent infection.
The neighboring country adds three confirmed cases in Yacuiba with more than 100 close contacts, three of them with shared residence on the Argentine side. They will install a mobile vaccination center on the border bridge. In Yacuiba, teams from Argentina and Bolivia defined joint actions to strengthen epidemiological surveillance. In addition, provincial authorities supervised the updating of vaccination schemes in schools and trained the staf…
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