They discovered a measles outbreak with four cases in the Canary Islands.

They discovered a measles outbreak with four cases in the Canary Islands.

Ministry of Health The Government of the Canary Islands notified this Friday measles outbreak in the islands: four confirmed casesthree of them are minors and one is an adult.

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Index register matches a minor who has not been vaccinated, while the two affected infants have not yet received their vaccination.

This was reported by the General Directorate of Public Health. follow more than 400 contacts Those infected should check their vaccination status and be informed of measures if they begin to show symptoms, the ministry said in a statement.

The General Directorate of Public Health of the Canarian Health Service (SCS) remembers the importance of vaccination to prevent transmission of infection measles is a disease of which no new cases have been reported for many years.

Measles is febrile exanthematous disease which begins with fever, nasal congestion, cough, and sometimes small erythematous spots with a whitish center may appear on the oral mucosa.

The rash, which appears three to seven days after the onset of symptoms, begins on the face and spreads throughout the body.

In addition, it is highly contagious and is transmitted through respiratory droplets or direct contact with infected people.

In 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Spain free of endemic measles transmission.n due to the small number of identified cases and outbreaks. However, cases have recently been reported in nine autonomous regions, with outbreaks reported in five of them.

Until the first week of May, Spain reported 42 confirmed cases measles

The measles vaccine is given in two doses at 12 months and three years of age, and 95 percent of the Canary Islands population is vaccinated correctly in the first year of life.

The Directorate General of Public Health insists that the vaccine is the most effective way to prevent contracting or transmitting measles.