Mexican Authorities Report 362 Measles Cases

In the country 362 cases of measles have been detected, 347 in Chihuahua, with one death and five hospitalizations, to which the Ministry of Health has established a vaccine fence to contain the outbreak, reported its owner, David Kershenobich.

Is measles cases spreading in Mexico? Health Secretary David Kershenobich asked all Mexicans to attend National Vaccination Week 2025 on Tuesday, April 15.During Claudia Sheinbaum's morning press conference in Palacio Nacional, the Health Secretary reported that 362 confirmed cases of measles have been recorded in Mexico, 347 of them in Chihuahua, so that a vaccine fence was implemented to contain the outbreak.

Holy Week is approaching and the Ministry of Health is taking extreme preventive measures in the face of a possible spread of the measles outbreak. Between January and March, the Government has vaccinated more than 715,000 people in an attempt to contain the cases, which have skyrocketed in the last month and reach the confirmed 362, according to the secretary of the branch, David Kershenobich, this Tuesday morning during the president’s morning…

Mexican Authorities Report 362 Measles Cases

Speaking at President Claudia Sheinbaum’s regular meeting with journalists, the minister specified that in addition to the 347 cases detected in Chihuahua so far this year, cases have also been reported in the states of Campeche, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Sonora, Querétaro, and Zacatecas. According to the official, in all of these states, authorities contained the cases around the areas where they have been diagnosed, but at the same time, they actively …

The Mexican Association of Vaccines (AMV) expressed its concern to the federal government about recent outbreaks of measles and pertussis recorded in different entities of the country. They noted that these vaccine preventable diseases, considered under control in previous years, are now resurgent as a result of the sustained decrease in vaccine coverage. They mentioned that there are estimated coverages in the Health and Nutrition Survey 2021-2…

Health authorities confirmed that in 2025, 362 cases of measles have been recorded in Mexico, including one death. It all started on February 20, when a family who returned from Texas realized that a 5-year-old boy was infected. You may be interested: Mexico records his first death from H5N1 avian influenza; this is a 3-year-old girl. Where do most confirmed cases of measles focus? Of the 362 reported cases, 347 correspond to the state of Chihua…