The US is witnessing the outbreak of measles, which influenced several parts of the nation, forced hundreds of non -accorded children to quarantine and kept them off the classrooms.
In South Carolina, at least 153 students were sent back home, while in Minnesota 118 students were placed in quarantine in Minneapolis-St. Paul the area after exposed to a highly contagious virus, said health officials on Friday, NBC News reported.
The outbreak in South Carolina is reportedly part of a larger trend that has appeared in the United States.
Why is the outbreak worrying?
Measles can cause severe lung and brain infections that can lead to cognitive problems, deafness or death. According to several media reports, however, doctors and medical officials across the US said the vaccine was highly safe and effective.
In Minnesota, medical officials reported two new cases of measles this week, which brought a total number of state cases for 2025 to 2025 to 20. According to CBS News report, the Ministry of Health in Minnesota said that each of the new cases includes non -unconvincing children who have probably caught measles from an unconvincing adult.
What are the symptoms of measles?
Among the most common symptoms of measles viruses are high fever, fatigue, heavy cough, red or bloodshed and cold. It can also cause red rashes on the body that start at the head and then spread to different parts of the body.
Other symptoms include sore throat, white spots in the mouth, muscle pain.
Cases of measles in us
At the beginning of this year, the United States recorded most cases of measles in more than 30 years, and the data on control and prevention of diseases has been shown.
With cases of infection on the rise again – several schools cooperating with departments of public health to implement recommended preventive measures to ensure the safety of students and teachers have reported the CBS News report.
“The community pays for quarantines so many children,” said NBC News Michael Osterholm, an expert on infectious diseases and the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research at the University of Minnesota. “And that will not leave soon. We will probably see that this is happening more often.”
“When more than 95% of people in the community are vaccinated, most people are protected by community immunity (herd immunity),” CDC says.
According to CBS reports, the South Carolina region has only about 90% of immunity, so the community remains prone to the spread of viruses.
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