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(NewsNation) — A 2nd unvaccinated kid successful West Texas has died from a measles-related illness, a infirmary spokesperson confirmed to the Associated Press Sunday.
The school-aged kid was being treated astatine a infirmary successful Lubbock, Texas, which is an epicenter of the measles outbreak that has infected much than 600 radical successful the United States this year.
This marks the 3rd decease and the 2nd of a kid this year.
In February, the first kid to dice from measles was besides successful West Texas and unvaccinated. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 97% of radical who were diagnosed with measles this twelvemonth were either unvaccinated oregon their vaccination presumption unknown.
The CDC has yet to bespeak this decease successful its play report, and the infirmary spokesperson did not uncover which time the kid died.
Although the U.S. declared measles eradicated successful 2000, meaning nary transmission for astatine slightest 12 months, the full fig of cases this twelvemonth much than doubled from past year.
Twelve percent of existent measles patients are hospitalized, arsenic of April 3, according to the CDC.
Measles is an easy dispersed viral infection, mostly successful children, and tin beryllium mitigated by vaccines. Also called rubeola, it causes a red, blotchy rash connected the look and the body, typically appearing 10-14 days aft exposure.
