A child who was not vaccinated, died of measles in West Texas, the first death in the end of last month, and the first in the United States, the United States.

Death was “a school-age child who was not vaccinated” and last week was hospitalized. Texas health services said in a statement on Wednesday. Lubbock Health officials also confirmed death, but no agency provided additional details. A press conference is scheduled for the afternoon on Wednesday.

The Lubbock Covenant Children's Hospital did not immediately respond to the request of the comment, nor Texas was praised. Greg Abbott's office.

The flare of measles in the rural-west Texas has increased 124 cases, in nine countries, whose health officials say that Texas is the largest in about 30 years. There is nine cases in New Mexico.

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In 1998, the measles was announced in Canada, but they are getting down at the pace of vaccinations, and new cases are growing. In the first two months of this year, 95 people were infected with 2025 compared to 147.

The US Centers for Approval and Prevention confirmed that this is the first death of measles in the country since 2015.

The outbreak extends heavily in the Menenonite community of West Texas, where small cities are separated by a huge stretch of hard-stacking oil, but they are associated with people traveling between work, church, grocery purchases and other works.

Most cases are people under 18

Texas Health Department data shows the overwhelming majority of the area of ​​the area among younger people. Measles, pigs and reddish vaccine for the first shot and the second for children aged 8 to 15.

The row of vaccines is required for children before entering a kindergarten in US public schools, but West Texas masses are focused on the “Middle Knitted” community, spokesman for the State Health Department Lara Anton.

Gaines County, which has 80 cases, has one of the highest score of school children, which chooses at least one required vaccine, about 14% of children aged 2023-24.

In Canada, 95 Measles cases This year, it was reported that Dr. Tam, Doctor Tham, said this year. There were 147 measles cases in Canada during all last year.

During the last week, Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba reported new cases in recent weeks. Most of the cases were not vaccinated, local health officials said.

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