The death occurs just a week after an unvaccinated youngster in neighboring Texas died of measles, the first measles-related death in the US since 2015.
Texas is seeing a rapid outbreak of measles, which was deemed “eliminated” in the US in 2000. As of Friday, the state has identified 198 cases, roughly 30 more than it had reported on Tuesday. The number of cases in neighboring New Mexico increased to 30 during that same time period.
There have also been reports of the illness in other Canadian states.
Lea County, which is roughly 50 miles (80 km) from Gaines County, Texas, where the outbreak seems to be concentrated, is where the guy who died in New Mexico lived.
officials the age or sex of the individual.
