Among the others infected, four were from Peru, two from Ecuador, one from Chile and a further one whose origin country was not known.
The last time we checked on reports of a major measles outbreak in Chicago this spring, my Legal Insurrection colleague Mary Chastain indicated that health officials traced the outbreak to an
He had no recent travel history or known exposure to measles, and was taken to the hospital on February 27. Most infections occurred in unvaccinated residents, and 28% were diagnosed in those who had received at least one measles vaccine dose at least 21 days before the first known measles exposure. An Ontario child under the age of five has died of measles, the first such case in the Canadian province in more than a decade, according to the provincial health agency.
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