US EditionCanada has lost its measles elimination status, says Ottawa
- On Monday, Canada lost its measles elimination status, which also stripped the Americas region of its measles-free designation after the Measles and Rubella Elimination Regional Monitoring and Re-Verification Commission advised PAHO.
- Originating in New Brunswick, the outbreak persisted long enough to meet the 12-month rule, causing Canada to lose elimination status under measles elimination rules.
- Health data show Canada has logged over 5,100 cases this year, mainly in insular religious communities, including Mennonite Christian communities, with two infant deaths from congenital measles.
- U.S. authorities have recorded 1,681 cases and 44 outbreaks this year, raising concern that the United States could lose its measles-free status if cases linked to the Texas outbreak persist past Jan. 20.
- Boosting vaccination and surveillance is essential to interrupt transmission for 12 months, and said Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, `This loss represents a setback, but it is also reversible`.
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The Americas lose measles-free status
The Americas lost their regional status as being free from endemic measles transmission, a major health setback that followed an outbreak in Canada linked to plummeting vaccine rates. The country lost its certification after nearly three decades over a 5,000-case outbreak, the CBC reported, while the US is at risk of losing its status if it doesn’t stop its own outbreak by January. Regional measles vaccination rates have steadily dropped in rece…
Canada accumulated more than 12 months of measles virus transmission, losing its certification of a country free of measles. The same condition extends to the Americas region, said Jarbas Barbosa, director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to follow
Canada has lost its measles elimination status, said the Pan American Health Organization (Paho) on Monday, after failing to curb an outbreak of the virus for 12 consecutive months.Because Canada is no longer deemed measles-free, the Americas region as a whole has lost its elimination status, although individually the other countries are still considered to have stamped out the disease.The US, however, risks losing its status as well if it does …
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