In other news, tracking the measles outbreak in Belize, the Ministry of Health and Wellness today announced that "to date, from the start of the outbreak, a total of nine laboratory-confirmed cases and 13 epidemiologically linked cases have been diagnosed with measles."
And, as a result of heightened ongoing surveillance efforts, samples have been collected from 69 individuals experiencing fever and rash. From that total, 66 (95%) have been processed.
The Ministry urges the public to get the MMR vaccine, and notes that children under five and young people are at a higher risk of developing complications from measles.
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In other news, tracking the measles outbreak in Belize, the Ministry of Health and Wellness today announced that "to date, from the start of the outbreak, a total of nine laboratory-confirmed cases and 13 epidemiologically linked cases have been diagnosed with measles."