{"id":152916,"date":"2018-02-14T22:31:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T03:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=152916"},"modified":"2025-01-13T01:45:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T06:45:22","slug":"measles-outbreak-declared-in-zamboanga-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/02\/14\/measles-outbreak-declared-in-zamboanga-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Measles outbreak declared in Zamboanga City"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_35484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35484\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_24223534.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35484\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_24223534.jpg\" alt=\"Salazar\u2019s order came after the City Health Office recorded 101 cases of measles from January to February 1, this year.<\/p srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_24223534.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_24223534-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_24223534-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy vilitra online <a href=\"https:\/\/achievephysiorehab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/vilitra.html\">https:\/\/achievephysiorehab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/vilitra.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> (Shutterstock Photo)&#8221; width=&#8221;1000&#8243; height=&#8221;667&#8243; \/><\/a> Salazar\u2019s order came after the City Health Office recorded 101 cases of measles from January to February 1, this year. (Shutterstock Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>ZAMBOANGA CITY \u2014 Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar issued Executive Order No. BC-333-2018, declaring a measles outbreak in this city.<\/p>\n<p>Salazar\u2019s order came after the City Health Office recorded 101 cases of measles from January to February 1, this year.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Dulce Amor Dagalea-Miravite said Wednesday that the figure was 1,343 percent higher as compared to only seven cases registered during the same period last year.<\/p>\n<p>Miravite added that 49 percent of the patients were male and 51 percent female, belonging to one to five years old age group.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy clomid online <a href=\"https:\/\/achievephysiorehab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/clomid.html\">https:\/\/achievephysiorehab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/clomid.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> One of them, however, is 40 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Salazar\u2019s EO included a directive to the City Health Office to institute, undertake, and implement preventive and other pro-active measures to address the measles outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>Miravite said a catch-up immunization will be held from February 19 to March 22 in the different health centers and community.<\/p>\n<p>Miravite said that children six months old up to 5 years old will be vaccinated with Mumps Measles and Rubella (MMR).<\/p>\n<p>Measles vaccine is the last a child receives to be fully immunized.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Miravite said they are tracing the cause of the measles outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>She said blood samples of suspected cases were already sent to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine of the Department of Health (DOH).<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy tirzepatide online <a href=\"https:\/\/achievephysiorehab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/tirzepatide.html\">https:\/\/achievephysiorehab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/tirzepatide.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> The results are expected to be released soon.<\/p>\n<p>Measles is a highly communicable viral illness transmitted to direct contact with nasal or throat secretion of infected person or by articles freshly soiled with nose and throat secretion. 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