(Provides omitted timeframe in paragraph 8)
June 6 (Reuters) – The Texas well being division reported no new circumstances of measles on Friday, the primary time the state has not recorded a rise for the reason that outbreak started in February.
The state, which is the epicenter of the present measles outbreak, has a complete of 742 confirmed circumstances as of Friday.
The variety of new circumstances continues to lower, from a mean of about 12 per day across the peak to fewer than one case per day lately, Chris Van Deusen, director of media relations on the Texas well being division, advised Reuters in an electronic mail.
“The truth that (we) have not had any new hospitalizations reported in additional than two weeks offers us confidence there will not be main numbers of unreported circumstances nonetheless occurring on the market,” mentioned Van Deusen.
The US is battling one of many worst outbreaks of the extremely contagious airborne an infection it has seen, with over 1,000 reported circumstances and three confirmed deaths.
Regardless of the slowing unfold of the an infection in Texas, the nation continues to document weekly will increase in measles circumstances elsewhere.
The U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention mentioned a complete of 1,168 confirmed measles circumstances have been reported by 34 jurisdictions as of Thursday, a rise of 80 circumstances since its earlier replace final week.
Since 2000, the one time infections surpassed the 1,000 mark was in 2019, when the nation reported 1,274 circumstances.
There have been 17 outbreaks, outlined as three or extra associated circumstances, reported in 2025, the CDC mentioned.
Consultants have urged public well being officers to supply pressing endorsement for extremely efficient vaccines.
The measles vaccine is 97% efficient after two doses, in keeping with the CDC. (Reporting by Mariam Sunny in Bengaluru; Modifying by Alan Barona)
