Officials reported that a child in Maine tested positive for measles, the state’s first case since 2019. Despite the fact that the child who tested positive had received a dose of the measles vaccine, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention stated in a news release on Friday that it “is considering the child to be infectious out of an abundance of caution.” The child who tested positive had received the vaccine.
Positive case of Measles
The MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine should be given to all children twice, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. the main portion between 12 to 15 months old enough and the second between the ages of 4 to 6.
The CDC says that even if someone has had the vaccine, some people may still get measles, but those people usually get a less severe form of the disease and are less likely to spread it.
Between April 29 and May 1, a “Family Time Dine and Play” at a mall and two medical centers were listed by the Maine CDC as potential sources of measles exposure. The organization expresses anybody at the areas ought to look for side effects for 21 days and call a wellbeing supplier right away on the off chance that they experience any side effects.
Infants and small kids are bound to get “exceptionally debilitated” from measles, the Maine CDC said on its Facebook page. The news release stated that the organization was still awaiting official confirmation of the positive case from the US CDC.
According to the CDC in the United States, there have been 10 confirmed cases of measles in eight states this year. The Maine Department of Health and Human Services says that the case was the first one since 2019.
The illness is extremely contagious: According to the CDC in the United States, up to 90% of unvaccinated individuals who are exposed to the virus will also contract the disease.
