The Chicago Department of Public Health reported two more measles cases in the city on Friday.
East Chicago Health Department investigating possible mass exposure at Indiana church, but has not linked it to Chicago cases.How contagious is measles? A Chicago measles outbreak has risen to 17 total cases, the department of public health said on Friday.Most of the cases are among migrants living in a shelter in Pilsen.The health department said it has now vaccinated about 4,000 people at new arrival shelters and at the landing zone in-take center.
Meanwhile, the East Chicago Health Department in Indiana is investigating a "possible mass exposure" at a local church. The exposure has not been linked to the latest cases in Chicago, Illinois. That infected person is not an Indiana resident, but traveled to East Chicago while they were infectious. The health department there is encouraging anyone who is eligible to get vaccinated.
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