USA Disease Control and Prevention Centers (CDC), in the country measles He made a statement about the outbreak. In a statement made on the official website of the CDC, a total of 222 cases, including most children throughout the country, were identified, especially in Texas and New Mexico states, Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Washington.
As of March 7, Texas 198 measles in the case of 12 states in the first place, New Mexico took second place with 10 cases.
In the statement, a child in Texas, New Mexico’da also said that an adult died due to measles, the outbreak continued to spread and the number of cases could be increased in the coming days. Pointing out that the spring and summer travel season was approached in the country, the important role played by public health officials was pointed out to prevent the spread of measles through vaccination.
US Health Minister Robert Kennedy made his first statement after he took office at the cabinet meeting organized by President Donald Trump about the measles epidemic that started again in the country. “This is not an unusual situation, we’re experiencing measles outbreaks every year,” Kennedy said, “This is not an unusual situation.” He replied.
Minister Kennedy, who consider the death of a child of measles who had not been seen since 2000 in the country as “usual”, was criticized for trying to show his epidemic “insignificant”.