Enlarge / A toddler with measles. (credit score: Greene, Charles Lyman)
Florida well being officers on Sunday introduced an investigation right into a cluster of measles circumstances at an elementary college within the Fort Lauderdale space with a low vaccination fee, a state of affairs well being consultants concern will change into an increasing number of widespread amid slipping vaccination charges nationwide.
On Friday, Broward County Public College reported a confirmed case of measles in a pupil at Manatee Bay Elementary College within the metropolis of Weston. A neighborhood CBS affiliate reported that the case was in a third-grade pupil who had not just lately traveled. On Saturday, the varsity system introduced that three extra circumstances on the identical college had been reported, bringing the present reported complete to 4 circumstances.
On Sunday, the Florida Division of Well being in Broward County (DOH-Broward) launched a well being advisory concerning the circumstances and introduced it was opening an investigation to trace contacts susceptible to an infection.
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