Argentina: 2025 Measles

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Measles Outbreak: No Argentine Province Reaches 95% MMR Vaccine Coverage, as Recommended by PAHO
By Federal Network of Journalism and Innovation
April 3, 2025 | 3:48 pm

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) issued an alert for measles outbreaks in the Americas. In Argentina, there are 17 confirmed cases.
Coverage for the MMR vaccine—which protects against measles, rubella, and mumps—is below the recommended 95%, increasing the risk of reintroduction of the measles virus.
Provinces are implementing strategies such as school vaccinations and actively seeking out unvaccinated children, although access barriers and problems measuring coverage persist.

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) issued an epidemiological alert due to the increase in measles cases in several countries in the Americas, including Argentina, Canada, the United States, and Mexico.

In our country, there are 17 confirmed cases: 9 cases residing in the City of Buenos Aires and 8 cases residing in the Province of Buenos Aires, according to the latest Epidemiological Bulletin from the Ministry of Health.​..

 

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Measles Cases: Alarm in the City of Buenos Aires and the Province
The latest report from the National Epidemiological Bulletin indicates that there are now 26 cases registered in the country.

Measles cases in the country have increased, and there is alarm in the Federal Capital and the province of Buenos Aires due to the concentration of patients linked to this disease.

The latest report from the National Epidemiological Bulletin indicates that there are now 26 cases registered in Argentina, although the majority of the patients are located mainly in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) and the Province of Buenos Aires (PBA).

Authorities detailed that 11 cases have been confirmed in the City to date. Many are concentrated in Commune 14, in the Palermo area, "where the first case of the chain of transmission was detected, which occurred between cohabitants or work contacts."

Regarding the situation in the province of Buenos Aires, they reported that a new case with an epidemiological link was registered during the last week, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 14. An epidemiological link was established in eight of the reported cases.

The total between the Federal Capital and Buenos Aires brings the total to 25 cases. The only patient with measles outside the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area is in San Luis.

This is an eight-month-old baby who had not been vaccinated due to her age and has a history of travel to the State of Chihuahua, Mexico.

Measles is a highly contagious viral disease that can occur in all ages. It can cause serious respiratory complications such as pneumonia and central nervous system complications such as seizures, meningoencephalitis, blindness, post-infectious encephalomyelitis with severe mental retardation, and late-onset degenerative disorders that cannot be treated, or even cause death.

It is transmitted through airborne droplets from the nose, mouth, or throat of an infected person, and the virus can persist in the air or on surfaces, remaining active and contagious for up to two hours.

Experts indicate that there is no specific antiviral treatment for the virus, although it can be prevented with vaccination. (Argentine News)​