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Costa Rica Isolates Family of French Tourists Whose Child Has Measles
By Laura Alvarado ? February 22, 2019
Costa Rica News
For months now Costa Rican health authorities have been insisting on the vaccination of children against measles due to outbreaks of this virus in different parts of the continent; yesterday, the Ministry of Health confirmed that this virus is back in the country, an imported case from France.
A family of French tourist, the parents 30 and 35 years of age and their 5-year-old child, have been placed in isolation at the Puntarenas Hospital. The child and mother do not have the corresponding vaccinations; they consulted a private doctor in the country regarding their child?s ?rash?, they also confirmed that other children at the school their son attends in France have had measles.
Doctors confirmed the results of the blood analysis, positive for measles. This led Costa Rican health authorities to activate their protocol and contact everyone that could have been in contact with the family, including those who were on the same Air France flight into the country on February 18 and the hotel they stayed at in San Jos? for one day and where they stayed in Santa Teresa, Puntarenas...
Costa Rica Isolates Family of French Tourists Whose Child Has Measles
By Laura Alvarado ? February 22, 2019
Costa Rica News
For months now Costa Rican health authorities have been insisting on the vaccination of children against measles due to outbreaks of this virus in different parts of the continent; yesterday, the Ministry of Health confirmed that this virus is back in the country, an imported case from France.
A family of French tourist, the parents 30 and 35 years of age and their 5-year-old child, have been placed in isolation at the Puntarenas Hospital. The child and mother do not have the corresponding vaccinations; they consulted a private doctor in the country regarding their child?s ?rash?, they also confirmed that other children at the school their son attends in France have had measles.
Doctors confirmed the results of the blood analysis, positive for measles. This led Costa Rican health authorities to activate their protocol and contact everyone that could have been in contact with the family, including those who were on the same Air France flight into the country on February 18 and the hotel they stayed at in San Jos? for one day and where they stayed in Santa Teresa, Puntarenas...