SSA issue a preventive travel warning for the US and Canada; Measles outbreak alert

The Ministry of Health (SSA) issued a preventive travel notice for measles in the United States and Canada, given the high number of cases that have been reported in both countries.

In USA 800 measles cases have been registered during 2025; To April 17, 25 states had been notified, but Texas (532), New Mexico (56), Kansas (32) and Ohio (21) are the entities with the largest number of infections.

As to Canadauntil April 17, 2025, 880 measles cases have been identified in six provinces; The most affected are: Ontario (804), Quebec (36) and Alberta (23).

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In the case of Mexico, the state with the highest number of confirmed measles cases is Chihuahua, which until yesterday accumulated 922 infections.

Until last April 29, the Secretary of Health, David Kershenobichhe informed that in the country 583 measles cases were confirmed, most of Chihuahua (560), followed by Sonora with 5; Campeche, Oaxaca, with 4 cases; while Durango and Zacatecas, with 3, and Sinaloa and Tamaulipas with 2 cases.

The SSA recommended to those who have planned to travel to the United States or Canada, make sure they have their vaccination scheme Updated, including measles vaccine.

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And if you are sick or present a sign or symptom compatible with measles, avoid traveling, and go to medical care. In addition, keep as possible with other people, use mask and handle hands with antibacterial gel or washing with soap and water.

In Mexico, the SRP vaccine (measles, rubella and mumps) is applied in two doses: the first at 12 months and a reinforcement at 18 months. For girls and boys born before July 2020, the second dose applies to six years. The SR vaccine (measles, rubella) is applied to 10 -year -old and more people who do not have 2 doses of SRP or SR.

“If he already traveled his return to Mexico, he presents any sign or symptom of the disease within the 21 days later, request immediate medical attention, referring to his travel history, his current vaccination scheme, places visited from his return and people with whom he had narrow contact,” says the preventive warning of the SSA trip.

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