The high number of measles cases in Alberta worries health officials in Canada, the United States

Fourteen new confirmed cases of measles over the past 24 hours means that the number of cases in Alberta has now rose to a total of 409.

The majority of cases – 269 – are located in the southern health area of ​​Alberta, which include Lithberbridge, Tabeh and Taber.

More than three quarters of the people who were diagnosed with the virus are children and three people in the hospital, in intensive care.

““I really think it is just a crazy – it’s great,” said Dr. Lenor Sixengger, an infectious disease specialist at Alberta University.

“For the context, when many of the current doctors in training, in the early first decade of the twentieth century, shortly after the measles were eliminated as something in Canada, we will see less than 10 cases annually for many years – and now we get approximately 10 cases or more per day.”

Of all the provinces, Alberta is ranked second after Ontario, where there are now 1622 confirmed cases of measles.

The measles erupted in Canada are now being blaming Alert public health in the United States In the Seattle region, Washington.

The population there is a modern visitor from Canada who had a confirmed case of measles and they were causing when they visited more than ten different sites.

While health officials will not say where the visitor was in Canada, they have I published a list of the sites that the person visited They advise anyone in the area at the same time to verify the vaccination.

The last measles outbreaks in Canada and the United States have also put both countries At the risk of losing their measles -free position.

Despite the outbreaks of intermittent fascism, Canada has been free of measles (not a settler) since 1998 and the United States since 2000.

In Texas, where there were more confirmed cases of measles this year, Dr. Peter Hotz, professor of pediatrics and molecular viruses at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, said that the actual number of cases is most likely much higher than what is currently present.

With most cases that occur in the non -fortified population, in rural areas in both countries, HotEz is concerned that we can soon see a return to the appearance of other serious childhood diseases.

“I drew a map of the major plains, along the way south of Alberta, to West Texas – it seems that this is the hot area in which we see a childhood of penetration and infectious diseases,” Hutz said.

“It may not be only this measles. What about a whooping cough or what about diphtheria – or even polio? The answer is, usually, the measles are the first that you see because the measles are very unacceptable.

“To get the measles outbreaks under control, in areas where there are many immune individuals, this must happen soon-and I think it will require a really concerted public health effort,” said Sixengger. “

In response to the achievement of global news, the Minister of Health at Alberta insisted on Adriana Ligrang’s office that the Alberta government “takes the current measles in the province seriously,” noting that the province recently announced a new advertising campaign called “that does not get measles, and includes radio, printing, digital messages and social media.

The Lagrang office insists that the campaign has an effect, noting that between weeks from March 16 and April 27, a total of 37,242 measles vaccines in the province – nearly 68 percent have been given more than the same period last year.

But what is related to Saxiner is “the least vulnerable to vaccination is not necessarily accessible through social media and traditional media campaigns – so it is not clear that it has an immediate impact on the current spread in some areas.”

“For me this is actually a very terrible outbreak,” said Sixengger. “In the whole sea of ​​different disasters that happen all over the world, this can be completely prevented.”

More information about measles in Alberta, including the latest number of cases, symptoms and information about vaccines, available online on the Internet Alberta.ca/measles.

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