North Texas officials prepare for measles cases ahead of spring break – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Health managers and Northern Texas hospitals are prior to the possibility of making regional measles cases before the spring holidays.
Dallas County Health and Human Services recently sent a letter to the parents citing the gravity of the state epidemic and speaking what is delighted if a case of measles is confirmed on A. School campus.
They said that state law could ask children who are not vaccinated or undervaccinated with the ROR vaccine to stay at home for 21 days, type of incubation period.
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“The way we can break this channel is never if we can be vaccinated with 72 hours of exhibition, which is difficult to do sometimes, or after this period of exclusion, to be vaccinated and to obtain return to school and so that they no longer have to be excluded,” said Dr. Jennifer Shruford, Commissioner, Texas Department of State Health Services.
There is no epidemic currently in northern Texas, but plans are being developed in the event that there is one.
Tuesday, the state of Texas will provide an update on the number of cases of measles in the state. The last number reported by the State was almost 200.
