Traveling during the holidays comes with many risks, including overbooked flights, delays, bad weather, and exposure to COVID-19. And now people can add measles exposure to the list. Measles is a viral disease that causes a characteristic rash.of Virginia Department of Public Health issued a warning to people who were at Dulles International Airport on January 3 and Ronald Reagan National Airport on January 4 of this year. Specifically, those who were near the international arrivals area of Dulles Airport’s main terminal from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on January 3rd, and those who were in Terminal A of Ronald Reagan Airport from 2:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. These are the people who were there. 01/04/2024 at 1:30pm due to possible measles exposure.
“Measles is preventable with the safe and effective MMR vaccine. Two doses of the vaccine for lifelong protection,” the ministry wrote. “Virginia has a high measles vaccination rate, with approximately 95% of kindergarteners completing their measles vaccination.”
However, children under 12 months of age are particularly vulnerable because they are too young to be vaccinated. of Washington DC Health Department Residents were also warned.
“The Washington, D.C. Department of Health has received a report of a confirmed case of measles in a person who traveled through a Washington, D.C.-area airport while returning from international travel,” they wrote. “While the threat of infection is low, the D.C. Department of Health is notifying area residents who have been at these locations of the potential for exposure.”
Virginia and Washington, D.C. are not the only states where measles is endemic.by Philadelphia Department of Public Health, an infected person was confirmed in December. recently, A case of infection has been confirmed in New Jersey. In the UK, children’s hospitals areIt was flooded.” In case of measles, According to the BBC, cases increased by more than 30% within a week. Dr Chan, director of health services at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, told the BBC: “This is partly because we know that vaccination coverage is very low and vaccination coverage is not evenly distributed. , it is “almost certain” that we will see more cases throughout 2024. ”