Here's everything we know about the California measles outbreak and quarantines.
that more than 200 students and staff members at UCLA and Cal State Los Angeles who have been exposed to measles are being told to stay home.diagnosed with measles in L.A. County so this year include a student from each of the schools. Concerned that the disease could spread quickly on busy college campuses, health officials ordered that students and staff exposed to measles who cannot show they have been vaccinated be quarantined until further notice.
Officials said they would lift the orders for people as soon as they showed they had immunity. Otherwise, the quarantine could last until April 30 at UCLA and May 2 at Cal State L.A.. In California, the measles count jumped by 15 cases in a week, said Dr. Karen Smith, director of the state Department of Public Health. Health. Officials have declared new outbreaks in Sacramento andOverall, California’s high vaccination rates seem to have prevented small outbreaks from mushrooming the way they have elsewhere, experts say., has spread to 16 people. By contrast, an outbreak in New York City has infected more than 320.
The vaccine is believed to provide lifetime protection and officials recommend it to anyone who has not been immunized yet.
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