“The new cases are clinically healthy and outside the infectious period,” the DGS guarantees. The origins of these cases are being investigated, and close contacts in the community are being identified and control measures taken.
These new cases add to three already identified since January 11, the first of which was a child in the United Kingdom. The European region has been experiencing a measles epidemic for months, with 42,000 cases reported in more than 40 countries in 2023, significantly more than the 1,000 cases of measles diagnosed in the previous year.
In the United Kingdom, the disease has spread and authorities are blaming anti-vaccination movements for the rise in cases. In Portugal, measles vaccination is part of the National Vaccination Program and the first dose coverage of children is currently 98%.
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what are the symptoms
Symptoms include fever, malaise, runny nose, conjunctivitis, cough: white spots in the mouth, as well as spots on the face and other parts of the body. what to do
If you have been in contact with a person suspected of having measles or have symptoms, call the SNS24 line: 808 24 24 24. consequences of the disease
Death, deafness, pneumonia and encephalitis are some of the consequences of measles. Vaccination is the only way to prevent infection.
Author: Edgar Nascimento
Source: CM Jornal
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