KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Six Kansas citizens – all underneath the age of 18 – have examined certain for measles within the remaining 4 weeks, state heath information confirmed Thursday.Knowledge from the Kansas Division of Well being and Atmosphere finds 3 juveniles between the ages of five and 10, one juvenile underneath 4-years-old, one juvenile between the ages of eleven and 13 and some other juvenile between the ages of 14-17 have all examined certain for the virus.A KDHE spokesperson informed KSHB 41 Information Thursday that every one six circumstances concerned unvaccinated folks. No hospitalizations were reported.
Kansas Division of Well being and Atmosphere
Previous this month, KDHE officers introduced the state’s first case of the yr, a affected person in Stevens County in excessive southwest Kansas. KDHE stated the case used to be the state’s first since 2018.Knowledge point out all six circumstances are in a mixture of Stevens County and adjoining Grant County.“KDHE, along side the Stevens County Well being Division, are notifying people who can have been uncovered to his case of measles,” KDHE stated within the unencumber about remaining week’s case.Extra details about measles, which is a extremely infectious illness, is to be had on KDHE’s web page.—