🌎 Resumen en español · traducción automática
Kentucky ha confirmado 28 casos de sarampión hasta el 31 de agosto, distribuidos en seis condados, con dos personas hospitalizadas, y todos los casos corresponden a individuos sin vacunar o con estado de vacunación desconocido. Las autoridades de salud advierten sobre posibles exposiciones en Richmond y Olive Hill después de que un viajero no vacunado visitara varios negocios, e instan a las personas expuestas a monitorear síntomas durante 21 días y a contactar a un médico antes de buscar atención para evitar propagar el virus altamente contagioso.
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As of Aug. 31, Kentucky has confirmed 28 cases of measles in its current outbreak, up from 20 cases a week ago, according to the state’s measles dashboard, which is updated weekly.
Those cases are in Caldwell (1 case); Christian (14); Owen (1); Todd (1); Trigg (6); and Washington (5) counties. Two people have been hospitalized.
All of the cases, including four in Jessamine County earlier this year, are in individuals who are either unvaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown, according to the dashboard.
Further, the Kentucky Department for Public Health has warned of a potential exposure to measles in Richmond and Olive Hill, Kentucky, after an unvaccinated, out-of-state traveler visited multiple businesses on Aug. 24, Aug. 27 and Aug. 28. Click here to see the measles exposure locations and, if exposed, monitor yourself for symptoms for 21 days after the exposure.
For those who have been exposed to measles and are seeking care, Health Secretary Dr. Steven Stack encouraged them to stay away from others to protect them from exposure, since you can spread measles to others before knowing you have the disease.
“Call the doctor or the emergency department first, and say I am unimmunized. I believe I could have been exposed to measles, and I need evaluation, and they’ll give you guidance from there,” he said at an Aug. 27 news conference. “And please, if you have measles, stay home, stay away from people until your symptoms are resolved, and talk to your healthcare provider about when you are no longer infectious, so that you can return to the general community without exposing others.”
Measles is a highly contagious respiratory virus that can cause serious health complications, especially in young children. Measles is spread through the air, where it can remain suspended for up to two hours. One infected person can infect nine in 10 unprotected people around them.
Early symptoms of measles begin seven to 14 days after exposure and include high fever, cough, runny nose, and red/watery eyes. The characteristic measles rash can appear three to five days after symptoms begin, usually on the face before spreading down to the rest of the body.
The measles vaccination series is typically given to children at 12 to 15 months and then at 4 to 6 years old, but people of any age can get the vaccine.
“Vaccines are safe, effective and they save lives,” Gov. Andy Beshear emphasized at the news conference. Later adding, “So please talk to your doctor, roll up your sleeves, get your kids vaccinated. Their lives are too important to risk.”
Stack added that two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is 97% effective at preventing measles.
“Although this outbreak raises concerns about the spread of serious illness, public messaging emphasizing the importance and effectiveness of vaccinations appears to be working,” Stack said in a press release. “Since Aug. 16, over 250 doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine have been administered in the Kentucky counties with current cases of measles.”
