The first outbreak of measles detected in Chile in the last eight years will require re-vaccinating 1.5 million people most vulnerable groups, the newspaper reported today "The Third. "
cases were detected last March, when a family of parent and daughter ten months and another woman and the doctor who attended had symptoms of measles.
The four adults are aged between 30 and 37 years and had recently traveled abroad or had contact with a foreigner.
The Ministry of Health then reviewed the historical records of immunization and found that people of that age were out of inoculation campaigns in recent decades or received a lower dose of the vaccine.
According to the ministry, the vulnerable group is comprising almost a million and half people, and vaccinate all at a cost of 2,500 million pesos (about $ 5.3 million).
Therefore, the department will decide next week whether mass vaccination campaign is carried out in stages.
The initial idea is to immunize the second half of this year to about 50,000 people over ease of imported measles, as those who travel frequently or work in border areas or international terminals.
also include health personnel attend to persons within age range of the most vulnerable.
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