Health officials in Thailand report a worsening of the measles outbreak in Yala as the case count is now up to 859, including 10 deaths since Sept. 1.
This up from 341 cases and 5 deaths a couple of weeks ago.
Most of the cases were seen in nine-month-old to five-year-old kids who had never been vaccinated before.
Dementia Blood Test Panels 15% Off
The growing outbreak has reportedly stemmed from some parents in communities still not wanting to get their kids vaccinated despite officials’ attempts to spread good understanding and the previously issued statements from the Sheikhul Islam Office and Provincial Islamic Committees saying that such treatment is acceptable under Islamic principles, according to The Nation.
Measles is a serious disease that can lead to hospitalization and even death. Symptoms include a high fever, cough, runny nose and watery eyes followed by a rash that typically spreads from the head to the rest of the body. It generally takes 8 to 12 days, but can be as long as 21 days, from exposure to the first symptom, usually fever. The measles rash usually appears two to three days after the fever begins. Measles is highly contagious and spreads easily by coughing, sneezing or even being in the same room with someone who has measles. People with measles are contagious from four days before to four days after rash onset.
How contagious is measles? Answer: Very
Since the beginning of the year, Thailand has reported 2,998 measles cases in 72 provinces.
- Venezuela diphtheria case tally hits 800 in 2018
- Mycoplasma genitalium: How it adheres to human cells
- Acute flaccid myelitis: Confirmed cases rise to 72 in US
- Ill-informed, former ICE agent, David Ward speaks nonsense: Threat of smallpox and leprosy!?
- Adenovirus: What is it and why the high percentage of deaths in the NJ outbreak?
- Silicosis: What is it and how common is it in the US?
- NJ rehab facility: 9th death reported
- Did the CDC warn against dressing chickens in Halloween costumes?