𝗠𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗖𝗢 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗦 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗟 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗘𝗫𝗔𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗗𝗨𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗟𝗘𝗦

                                                 

Dr. David Kershenobich Stalnikowitz

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — Mexico has issued a warning to its citizens asking them not to travel to Texas and seven other states in the U.S. due to a measles outbreak.

A statement issued by Mexico’s Health Secretary, Dr. David Kershenobich Stalnikowitz, reports 106 cases of measles in the states of Alaska, California, Georgia, New Jersey, New York, New Mexico, Rhode Island and in nine counties throughout Texas.

The Texas Health and Human Services Department confirmed this week the death of a child who had contracted measles, the first such death in the U.S. since 2015.

On Thursday, Kershenobich announced one case of measles had been confirmed in the state of Chihuahua, which is located directly across the border from Texas.

He is recommending people who have not received the measles vaccination to get it as soon as possible.

The Mexican state of Nuevo León, also south of Texas, is warning its residents not to travel to Texas unless they have received the measles vaccine.

The World Health Organization describes measles as a highly contagious, serious airborne disease caused by a virus that can lead to severe complications and death.

According to the MD Anderson Center, at first, measles symptoms can be easily confused with other respiratory virus symptoms, which include a cough, runny or congested nose, red or watery eyes and a fever.