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Mexico Exceeds 10,000 Active Measles Cases

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The outbreak of measles in Mexico, at the end of February 17, exceeded the 10,085 confirmed cases, with the cumulative number of 6,442 contagions in 2025 and another 3,643 in just a month and a half of 2026.This last figure is equivalent to more than half of all the cases recorded in the previous year.While, in its advance of mortality, the report until February 16, raised to four the deaths recorded so far this year; accumulating a total of 31 …
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Health authorities reported two deaths from measles in Mexico in 2026. Know the details.

The measles virus doesn’t stop in Mexico. According to the most recent Daily Report, at the end of February 17, there are 10,085 confirmed cases in the country and 31 deaths from this disease. Therefore, the country has called on the population to get vaccinated. Although the priority for immunization is children among the ...

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Mexico exceeded the 10 thousand confirmed cases of measles at the end of February 17, 2026, in one of the most severe outbreaks in recent years, with presence in the 32 entities of the country and a rapid expansion in hundreds of municipalities. According to the latest epidemiological report of the Ministry of Health, 26 thousand 501 probable cases have been reported, of which 10 thousand 085 have been confirmed, in addition to 31 deaths associa…

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The state secretary of health reported that contagions are concentrated in adults, while infant vaccination has been timely. Since December 2025, measles cases in Baja California have registered an increase, concentrating mainly in the Mexicali Valley, said the state secretary of health, José Adrián Medina Amarillas. In the municipality of Mexicali 25 historical cases are counted, although not all are active, while in Tijuana eight recent contag…

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Mexico has surpassed 10,000 confirmed cases of measles since January of last year, amid an outbreak that has left 31 people dead, the Ministry of Health reported. According to the Special System for Epidemiological Surveillance of Febrile Exanthematous Diseases, the country has accumulated 10,085 confirmed infections, with three new cases registered in the last week. With these figures, Mexico has become one of the epicenters of the outbreak in …

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The outbreak of measles in Mexico, at the end of February 17, exceeded the 10,085 confirmed cases, with the cumulative number of 6,442 contagions in 2025 and another 3,643 in just a month and a half of 2026.This last figure is equivalent to more than half of all the cases recorded in the previous year.While, in its advance of mortality, the report until February 16, raised to four the deaths recorded so far this year; accumulating a total of 31 …

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Vanguardia broke the news in on Wednesday, February 18, 2026.
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