With the end of the New York state measles outbreak, 'the United States anticipates maintaining its measles elimination status,' a statement from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
With the end of the New York state measles outbreak,"the United States anticipates maintaining its measles elimination status," a statement from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
Measles outbreak that sickened 312 in Rockland County, New York, declared overThere are no longer any active measles cases in New York state associated with the outbreak that began in October 2018, the New York State Department of Health said Thursday. More than 42 days have passed without any new measles cases in New York's Sullivan and Orange counties, the statement said, and outbreaks in Rockland County and New York City also ended recently.
The CDC reported this week that there were 1,243 cases of measles in the United States in 2019. Cases have been confirmed in 31 states. The majority of cases were among people who were not vaccinated against measles, and more than 75% of cases were linked to outbreaks in New York. The number of cases this year marks the greatest number reported in the United States since 1992 and since measles was declared eliminated in 2000.
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