Measles case is detected among 9,000 arriving Afghan evacuees at Wisconsin Army base raises fear of outbreak
Measles case has been detected at Fort McCoy Army base in Wisconsin among the approximately 9,000 Afghan refugees The infected person is treated, and everyone in close proximity was quarantined Measles is a 'highly contagious' virus that can affect 90 percent of people who were in close proximity to the infected person and are not immune, CDC says Measles cases are rare in the U.S., but Afghanistan has seventh highest number of cases in the world, according to the CDC The Wisconsin Army base has the capacity to welcome up to 13,000 evacuees By Christopher Eberhart For Dailymail.Com
Published: 15:11 BST, 9 September 2021 | Updated: 15:50 BST, 9 September 2021
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A measles case has been detected during a 'robust health screening process' of the nearly 9,000 Afghan evacuees coming into a Wisconsin Army base.
Everyone who was in contact with the infected person at Fort McCoy 'has been isolated, and post-exposure prophylaxis and inoculations are in process,' an internal government email viewed by Fox News said.
But the measles is a 'highly contagious' virus that The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says can affect 90 percent of people who were in close proximity to the infected person and are not immune.
Afghan passengers board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III during the Afghanistan evacuation at Kabul airport on August 22
Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, walk through the terminal before boarding a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport on September 3
At least one case of measles was detected among Afghan evacuees in a Wisconsin Army base
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