Only a few days after pointing out his first measles of the year, in a child, the Indiana (Idoh) Ministry of Health (Idoh) reported Five other linked cases.
The newly reported patients include three children and two adults who, like the first patient, are from Allen in the northeast part of the state, an area that includes Fort Wayne.
IDOH said the four minors were not vaccinated and that adult vaccination status is unknown. All patients recover.
The officials said that although all cases are connected, there is no known link with cases in other states. “Local and local public health officials work together on the survey to contact those who have known exposure to help prevent a new spread of infection. The risk for the general public remains low,” said the IDOH.
More cases reported in Ohio and Michigan
Elsewhere, cases of measles increase regularly in Ohio, which, at the end of March, reported 10 cases focused on the county of Ashtabula, with exhibitions in the county of Knox. The Ohio Ministry of Health Dashboard of infectious diseases always reflects 10 cases of measles from the county of Ashtabula, 8 classified as acquired locally. The county of Ashtabula is in the corner of the extreme northeast of Ohio.
In addition, the county of Knox, located in the center of Ohio, reported 14 cases, including 7 residents of Ohio who have links to the first case of the county, according to a update This week of Knox Public Health. Officials said patients are isolated, with their symptoms under surveillance.
In Michigan, the Mid-Michigan district health department yesterday reported A case of measles in a resident in the county of Montcalm who had recently traveled outside the state. “The Department of Health works in close collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Services of Michigan to determine the exhibition points,” said the group. The case raises the total of Michigan for the year to four.