Measles Outbreak Continues in Latvia: More Cases Reported 0 9

Among the infected are 13 children aged six to ten years, 13 aged eleven to fifteen years, and one infected person aged sixteen to twenty years.

All other infected individuals are adults, including one aged thirty-one to thirty-five years, two aged thirty-six to forty years, three aged forty-one to forty-five years, another three aged forty-six to fifty years, and one aged fifty-one to fifty-five years.

As reported, most of the cases involve students from a single educational institution - the Riga Waldorf School.

The CDC urges parents and family doctors to check the vaccination status of children. According to the vaccination schedule, the first measles vaccination is administered at twelve to fifteen months of age, and revaccination is done at seven years. If vaccination was not carried out at the appropriate age, it can be provided as a state-funded medical service until the age of twenty-five.

Measles is an extremely contagious viral disease that spreads mainly through respiratory droplets via tiny particles that can remain airborne in enclosed spaces. Thus, infection is possible not only through direct contact with an infected person but also by being in a room where a measles patient has been within the last two hours.