Government confirms two measles cases in Tocantins

Disease numbers

In the Americas region, only this year were confirmed 7,132 measles cases: 34 in Argentina, 34 in Belize, 60 in Bolivia, 5 in Brazil, 1 in Costa Rica, 1,227 in the United States, 2,597 in Mexico and 4 in Peru. In addition, 13 people died because of the disease, 9 in Mexico, 3 in the United States and 1 in Canada.

“By the international sanitary regulation, the only vaccine that is required for entry into certain countries is yellow fever, measles does not have this requirement to certificate. That is, any Brazilian can travel to Canada on the out of the outbreak to any city where he is having the most vaccine, because when he returns, he can return infected, transmit on the plane and transmit the president of the country.

Therefore, Monica Levi explains that all people should take the triple viral vaccine – who protects against measles, mumps and rubella – if they are not sure if they have already been immunized: “There is no harm, no security matters. If, by chance, the person has already taken two doses in the past, and ends up taking one more, the only thing that happens that the person already has inactivation Vaccine and ready. But if you do not have the registration, the person is considered not immune and needs to vaccinate, “he explains.

Two doses

The complete scheme is two doses for those up to 29 years old and a dose for adults between 30 and 59 years. In the children’s calendar, it is applied at 12 and 15 months of age.