Local News in Brief : County Reports 513 Measles Cases in ’88
Los Angeles County last year reported 513 measles cases, nearly 18% of the nation’s total of 2,933, the national Centers for Disease Control said Thursday in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Two patients, both babies, died.
The CDC report said that nearly 78% of the cases where the ethnic group was known were Latino.
The measles outbreak, which peaked last summer, prompted the county Department of Health Services to reduce the minimum age for measles vaccination from 15 months to 12 months and to intensify its efforts to vaccinate preschoolers.
County residents may arrange for free measles vaccinations by calling any clinic of the Department of Health Services or by calling the department’s immunization unit at (213) 974-7937.
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