Two children are diagnosed with a measles in Rio de Janeiro

The authorities investigate cases to find the source of the infection and strengthen the importance of the vaccine

Two cases of measles were recorded in the municipality of San João de Mitiin the Metropolitan Region of Rio de JaneiroLast Friday, 14. Patients are two children from the same family, both under one year old. According to the health department of the State of Rio de Janeiro, they were discharged and are going well.

In the first case, the child began to have red points on the body (rash) on February 28th. Health professionals estimate that the probable period of incubation covered from 7 to 21 February and transmissibility, from February 22 to March 4th. In the second case, the rash arrived on March 2, with incubation of the virus between 9 and 23 February and the transmissibility between February 24 and March 6.

In addition to the stains, the children had fever, cough, nose that cola and conjunctivitis, evolving to hospitalization in a health unit. It was recommended to the Municipality to vaccinate the professionals in whom children were treated and to carry out active research for patients with suspected illness. Cases are still an investigation to find the source of the infection.

According to Flávia Bravo, director of the Brazilian Society of Immunizations (Sbim), it is not yet possible to affirm whether the cases are imported or indigenous – when the infection occurs in the same geographical area in which the person lives, ie, without traveling in a region of the circulation of the disease.

“It is not identified those who transmitted the virus to children, but it is important to have in mind that the coverage of the vaccination of the viral triple (Immunicating that protects from measles, paroti and rosolia) He is low in San João de Menti “, highlights Flávia

According to data from the Ministry of Health, in December 2024, the Municipality had a coverage of 73.68% for the first dose of the vaccine and 45.30% for the 2nd. Throughout the country, the coverage is 95.22% for the first dose and 79.73% for the 2nd.

“It is an important warning that shows that a low vaccination coverage allows the return of the disease,” says Flávia. “The actions to intensify the vaccination, for me, are more than urgent in San João do merit.”

High cases in different countries

The confirmation of records occurs a few months after Brazil Regain the state of the free country of measles and in a scenario with the world of the world.

According to an analysis of the World Health Organization (WHO) and from United Nations Fund for childhood (UNICEF)127,350 cases of measles In Europe and Central Asia in 2024, the reported in 2023 and the largest number since 1997 double.

In the United States, there are already 301 confirmed cases, 95% of whom involving people not vaccinated, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The disease It caused the death of an unimacked childThe first death record in the country in ten years and a second fatal case is under investigation.

For experts listened to by EstadãoThe situation in these places acts as a warning for Brazil and other countries: The population should be vaccinated.

The disease can occur at any age

Morbillo is caused by morbillivirus and can occur at any age, with a greater gravity potential in children under the age of one year, immunocompromese and malnutritis.

The main symptoms of infection include fever, conjunctivitis, cough, nose that colas and reddish points. The disease can also cause serious complications such as intense diarrhea, ear infections, blindness, pneumonia and encephalitis and evolving in death.

Vaccination is the best way to protect you. The vaccine is available for free at the basic health units (UBS) by all of Brazil. For children between 12 and 15 months (when the first dose is applied) and adults up to 30 years, the vaccination scheme consists of two applications. For the public between 30 and 59 years, immunization has only one dose. Those who have never taken or do not remember if they have taken the vaccine in childhood can repeat the question.

*With information from Agência Brasil

Source: Terra

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