Sixth case of measles Found At Florida elementary school
Officials at Manatee Bay Elementary School in Weston confirmed a new measles case on Tuesday, just days after the Florida Department of Health (DOH) said a third grade student at the school was the first to test positive for the infection on Friday
John Sullivan, chief communications and legislative affairs officer for Broward County Public Schools, said the new case brought the total number of confirmed cases in Broward County Public Schools to six.
“We expect to receive further guidance from the Florida Department of Health tomorrow and will continue to keep the school and its families updated with the latest information,” Sullivan told ABC News on Tuesday.
Sullivan did not provide the grade, age, sex or race/ethnicity of the infected students.
“The District is maintaining close coordination with the Health Department to address this ongoing situation,” Sullivan continued in his statement.
“Over the weekend, the District took further preventive measures by conducting a deep cleaning of the school premises and replacing its air filters,” he added.
Friday’s first reported patient did not have a history of travel, and it is not immediately clear how the infection got to the school, per the DOH.
Fox News Digital reached out to Sullivan and Broward County Schools but did not immediately receive a response.
Weston is located in Broward County, approximately 20 miles west of Fort Lauderdale.
According to the U.S. CDC, as of Feb. 15, there have been a total of 20 measles cases reported in 11 states: Arizona, California, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Measles has also made a resurgence across the Atlantic, as U.K. health officials urged millions of parents in January to book their children for missed measles, mumps and rubella shots after they witnessed a sharp increase in the number of measles cases.
There were over 200 confirmed measles cases in England last year, and most cases were in children under 10 years old.
The cases came as somewhat of a shock as measles was declared eliminated in the U.K. in 2017.
According to the World Health Organization and the CDC, measles deaths globally spiked by more than 40 percent last year.
Measles remains one of the most infectious diseases and usually spreads in the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Symptoms can include fever, cough, runny nose and a distinctive rash.
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Gerald Brennan
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This is from Fox News and ought to have been left there. You have a different readership. It’s freaking MEASLES for godsake. It’s a nothing burger. Better no story than this sort of mainstream ‘news’ panic nonsense.
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les online
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Chicken Little Lives !!!
https://viroliegy.com/2024/02/16/measles-magic
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Tom
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A few dozen out of millions of children? Scary…NOT. Percentages are always beyond misleading. In my 70’s and never had a measles injection or the measles. It is more than likely the measles vaccines do not work.
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Lorraine
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Could be the unvetted, unvaccinated migrants bringing disease with them.
Aren’t they exempt from vaxxes?
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Lorraine
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It is possible the unvetted aliens crossing the border are exempt from vax requirements Americans must adhere to in order to attend school and to be employed in many cases, because the government is fully aware that they don’t work and often do harm to recipients?
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les online
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Chicken Little Lives !!!
“Is Measles Contagious ?”
https://viroliegy.com/2023/07/10/the-infectious-myth-busted-part-4-is-measles-contagious
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