California counties monitoring for measles in farm workers from Arizona

Agricultural workers who precocious arrived successful California were antecedently exposed to measles during an outbreak successful Arizona, nationalist wellness officials said.

A radical of 140 workers successful Fresno, Madera and Merced counties who relocated from Arizona is being actively monitored for symptoms. No cases of measles person been confirmed successful immoderate of the workers astatine this time.

More exposed workers from Arizona could get successful the authorities successful the adjacent fewer days, according to the California Department of Public Health.

Local wellness departments and the Arizona Department of Health Services are tracking the workers who transferred during the ongoing outbreak. The 3 California counties affected person coordinated preparedness measures to forestall imaginable dispersed of the disease, a merchandise from the counties said.

The hazard to the wide nationalist remains low, the merchandise said.

Individuals who make symptoms of measles, including fever, cough, runny chemoreceptor oregon a rash, should telephone their healthcare supplier earlier arriving for attraction successful person.

The astir effectual extortion against measles is 2 doses of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, wellness officials said.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday that determination were 2,371 confirmed measles cases nationwide this year, marking the highest incidence of cases since 1991.

As of June, determination person been 3 localized measles outbreaks successful California this year, each of which person been resolved. The astir caller information collected done July 27 shows 53 confirmed measles cases successful the state.