This is the second minor without vaccination of who dies from the virus in Texas The state began to devastate At the end of January, the third in the United States. At this time, it is about A 8 -year -old woman. He died on Thursday after treating the problems received from the disease, a spokesman for a Lubak University Hospital said. The little girl is a victim Lungia Causes of disease.
“This unfortunate fact is underlined The importance of the vaccine. (…) We encourage all persons to be renewed with vaccines to protect themselves and community, ”the hospital spokesman.
Five weeks ago, Another minor that does not vaccinate He died of her disease, referring to the first death of the disease in the United States in a decade. The United States is now more dual -sized than 2024, and Texas reported on Friday’s cases and another major increase in hospitalized. They have registered 481 cases In the first 56 hospital, According to the Department of Texas Health. All of them, 471 is not vaccinated or their vaccine status is unknown.
He Measles It is caused by the most infectious virus, which spreads through the air and is easily spread during breathing, sneezing or coughing. You can prevent it with vaccines. Most children recover from the disease, but may cause infection Dangerous complications Pneumonia, blindness, cerebral inflammation and death.
What is happening in the United States?
She is thought to have been removed from the United States since 2000. Cases and Eruptions They usually have their appearance to someone who is suffering from abroad. Then it may spread, especially in communities with low vaccine rates. Local vaccination rates should be greater than 95% to avoid the disease called “herd immunity”.
So far, since 2025, they have registered 607 cases in 21 statesMost of them are in Texas, according to US health data. Health experts fear that the spread of the disease in the United States can be extended to another year.
In Europe?
Last year had more than 120,000 diseases in Europe and Central Asia, which were a large number of cases In 25 yearsOvarian According to the World Health Organization (WHO). At the beginning of 2024 and the beginning of 2025, there were over 32,000 cases in the EU, Iceland, Lichestein and Norway.
Romania It is experiencing a huge eruption, but European health officials say that these cases are expected to increase throughout the volume in the coming months. Most patients are not vaccinated, many are young children. Worldwide Estimated that 10.3 million people They suffered from the disease in 2023 and 107,500 died.
