This country just warned its citizens about travel to the U.S.

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While Mexico has agelong been the astir fashionable planetary abrogation destination for American travelers, galore Mexicans besides regularly travel to the U.S. for everything from visiting household to tourism.

According to statistic from the U.S. and Mexican governments, much than 14 cardinal Mexican tourists entered the U.S. successful 2024 portion much than 40 cardinal Americans vacationed southbound of the borderline during the aforesaid period.

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But with a measles outbreak successful Texas rapidly spreading to some neighboring and distant states, the Mexican authorities has issued an advisory for citizens who whitethorn beryllium traveling there.

Background connected measles vaccine and outbreak

The vaccine against the highly contagious respiratory illness was introduced successful 1963 and rolled retired by schools implicit the pursuing decades, and the illness was declared eradicated successful the U.S. successful 2000.

The caller outbreak has been caused by cases being brought successful from different countries and spread successful communities that garbage vaccination.

The telltale measles grounds is simply a blotchy rash that starts connected the look and spreads to the remainder of the assemblage 3 to 5 days aft the onset of different symptoms specified arsenic fever, cough and runny nose.

According to the latest update from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, present 146 cases person been reported, chiefly successful the South Plains region. Cases person besides been identified successful states similar California, Alaska, Georgia and New Mexico arsenic good arsenic successful the northwestern Mexican state of Chihuahua.

"Before traveling, marque definite you person your implicit vaccination schedule," the Mexican authorities advisory reads. "[The] hazard level of contracting measles is mean for radical who spell to Texas."

'If you contiguous signs oregon symptoms, debar traveling': Mexico government

The Mexican authorities told citizens to debar question if they person not been vaccinated with the MMR vaccine, which successful astir countries is fixed to each children during their aboriginal years of beingness if their parents don't object.

Statistics connected existing cases amusement that 95% of them were radical who had not been vaccinated oregon did not cognize their vaccination presumption against measles.

More connected travel:

On Feb. 26 a school-aged kid unvaccinated against measles succumbed to the illness successful Lubbock, Texas, becoming the first recorded measles decease successful the U.S. since 2015. The outbreak has besides caused alarm among Texas parents.

The misinformation astir vaccination has go a governmental conflict arsenic Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic who was precocious confirmed arsenic caput of wellness and quality services, incorrectly stated that specified outbreaks were "not unusual." Experts accidental that oubreaks similar this 1 are uncommon since the vaccine was introduced. This was the archetypal successful a decade.

The astir caller estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention amusement that 1 successful each 4 measles cases requires hospitalization portion 1 successful each 1,000 tin effect successful death. The incidence and hazard of complications is highest successful infants and children nether property three.

"Make definite you person your vaccination docket up to date, including measles vaccines according to the nationalist vaccination schedule," the Mexican advisory to travelers reads further. "[If] you are sick oregon contiguous signs oregon symptoms, debar traveling oregon postpone your trip."

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