Texas currently faces a measles outbreak that has more than 120 cases.
A child-age child died this Wednesday in Texas with measles. Authorities confirmed that the child was not vaccinated.
It is the first time in 10 years that a person dies in the United States victim of the disease.
Texas currently faces a measles outbreak that has more than 120 cases. In neighboring New Mexico, nine cases were recorded.
According to US authorities, this is the biggest measles outbreak in Texas in almost 30 years. About 20 people have had to be hospitalized.
This death happens at a time when vaccination rates are lowering in the country. The disease has been spread in areas where there are more children who have not been vaccinated.
O United States Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (known for being anti-vacies), ensured that the government is monitoring the outbreak.
“It’s not uncommon, we have measles outbreaks every year,” .
The infectologist from Johns Hopkins University, told AFP that this child’s death “should serve as a reminder that there was a reason for the creation of the vaccine”.
