A 20-month-old child has been diagnosed with measles, and Portuguese health authorities are warning of the possibility of new cases due to the contagion effect.
According to the Directorate General of Health (DGS), this is an “imported case of measles” in “a 20-month-old child not resident in Portugal and not vaccinated.”
A Renaissance stated that the case was “imported from the United Kingdom (Birmingham)” and that the child was temporarily living with his family “in the municipality of Sintra.”
The disease began to appear in the child on January 10, the incubation period varies from 7 to 21 days. The DHS said that the child was hospitalized, clinically stable and will be discharged in the coming days.
Measles is “one of the most contagious infectious diseases and can cause serious illness in unvaccinated people. It is one of the eliminated diseases in the European region of the World Health Organization, which considers vaccination the most effective form of protection against this disease.” “, he explains to DGS.