by (Reuters) – The US centers for the control and prevention of diseases and prevention confirmed the role of vaccines when protecting measles after a non -vaccinated child succumbed to infection at the beginning of this week.
The United States reported its first death due to the highly contagious illness on Wednesday on Wednesday. Government data showed a growing outbreak with more than 140 cases that have been reported in Texas since the end of January.
The death and hospital stay of the child of almost 20 other patients in Texas put the health minister Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the test of us.
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Kennedy, who founded the anti-Accacine group for children’s health defense, has chosen doubts about the security and effectiveness of immunization for years. However, he denied being “anti-access and said he would not prevent the Americans from being vaccinated.
By February 27, a total of 164 measles cases were reported, of which about 95% of those who were not vaccinated, 3% came from people who only received one of the two necessary shots for immunity, showed CDC data on Friday.
These cases were reported in nine jurisdiction, including Kentucky, which marked an increase of almost 80% compared to 93 cases that were reported a week ago.
(Reporting by Mariam Sunny in Bengaluru; Editor of Shailesh Kuber and Alan Barona)
