By Matt Leclercq, Fort Price Star-Telegram
A second baby with measles in Texas has died.
The New York Instances reported Sunday that information it obtained confirmed an 8-year-old woman died Thursday of “measles pulmonary failure” at a hospital in Lubbock, the place there have been at the very least 33 confirmed infections because the outbreak started in January.
The primary baby died in Lubbock in February.
Texas well being authorities stated Friday that the state’s outbreak had grown to 481 confirmed circumstances in 19 counties, with at the very least 59 new infections final week. A 3rd of the circumstances have been in kids 4 years previous or youthful. Almost the entire sufferers have been unvaccinated, although a complete of 10 individuals have contracted measles after having acquired at the very least one dose of vaccine.
Tarrant County well being officers issued a warning Friday that somebody who later examined constructive for the virus had visited Grapevine between March 28 and March 30. The contaminated particular person was contagious once they visited the Nice Wolf Lodge resort and water park. The particular person additionally visited Grapevine Mills Mall on March 29, walked across the mall and ate on the meals court docket.
As of final week, there had been no confirmed measles infections in Tarrant County or elsewhere within the Metroplex. However the virus is likely one of the most contagious pathogens. Signs can seem seven to 14 days after publicity. The virus can linger within the air in a room so long as two hours after a sick particular person was there.
The most typical signs are excessive fever, cough, conjunctivitis and rash, with critical problems together with ear infections, diarrhea, pneumonia and encephalitis.
Anybody who was at both of the Grapevine places March 28-30 and is unvaccinated or not sure of their vaccination standing is vulnerable to contracting measles, Tarrant officers stated. Those that are pregnant or immunocompromised and unvaccinated ought to contact their well being care supplier instantly, officers stated.
Tarrant County well being authorities have warned that there’s a “high risk” of measles circumstances right here as a result of decrease vaccination charges. The virus is so contagious that if one particular person has it, as much as 9 out of 10 individuals close by will grow to be contaminated if they’re unvaccinated.
One of the simplest ways to guard towards measles is with the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. Two doses of MMR vaccine are about 97% efficient at stopping measles; one dose is about 93% efficient, in response to the Facilities for Illness Management & Prevention.
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