According to the reports, on Friday the Kentucky Department for Public Health announced a confirmed case of measles who had attended the Asbury revival meeting in Kentucky on 17th & 18th February with the strength of around 20,000 people at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. After knowing this CDC issues alert for Measles Outbreak.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health warning so as to intimidate the doctors and health officials about the measles outbreak. The event was attended by people from Kentucky as well as other states & country.
Steven Stack, KDPH Commissioner said.“Anyone who attended the revival on Feb. 18 may have been exposed to measles. Attendees who are unvaccinated are encouraged to quarantine for 21 days and to seek immunization with the measles vaccine, which is safe and effective.
If you may have been exposed at Asbury University’s campus and develop any symptoms, whether previously vaccinated or unvaccinated, please isolate yourself from others and call your medical provider, urgent care, or emergency department to seek testing. Please do not arrive at a health care facility without advance notice so that others will not be exposed.”
As per the Asbury University, the infected person did not have any symptoms until he attended the event. The CDC says that people infected with measles are contagious four days before measles. In an advisory The CDC said, “Measles is extremely contagious and can cause life-threatening illness. Anyone who is not protected against measles is at risk.
An unvaccinated person can get measles when traveling abroad or in the U.S.” Hence the people who attended the event and were unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated against measles are advised to be quarantined for 21 days after they are detected with the virus.
Measles can be prevented with the MMR vaccine, this vaccine protects against measles, mumps and rubella.Two doses of the vaccine are about 97% effective at preventing measles. But, Kentucky has one of the lowest measles vaccination rates in the country, with only around 87% of kindergarteners in the 2021-2022 academic year.
