The patient is Georgia’s first measles this year. They were infectious from January 19 to January 24 and were infected with others.
This is confidential, with the goal of preventing the case from being generated.
Georgia patients were infected while traveling in the United States
The measles were declared in 2000 in the United States. However, since then, vaccination has begun to decline, and last year there have been 284 cases in the United States. Of these, 87 % have not been vaccinated.
A recent tragedy of measles, Samoa Island saw 5,707 infected in 2019. According to the British magazine THE LANCET, 83 of them died and 87 % of the death was reported as children under 5 years old.
According to public health scientists, vaccination is safe and very effective.
Measles: What is it and what to do?
Following the latest incident announced on Tuesday, the facts and advice from the Georgia Public Health Bureau are shown below.
Is it measles?
- The measles are very infectious, and when the infected person coughs or sneezes, it spreads into the air.
- The measles virus can stay in the air or surface for up to 2 hours after an infected person leaves the room.
- The measles symptoms appear 7 to 14 days after contacting the virus.
- These usually contain high fever, cough, runny nose, and watery eyes.
- After that, a rash of small red spots breaks out.
- It starts with the head and spreads to the rest of the body.
Vaccination works
- MMR, a vaccine that prevents rubella, is safe and effective. CDC recommends that children receive the first dose of the MMR vaccine and the second dose between the mmR vaccine between 12 and 15 months.
- More than 95 % of the MMR single administration develops immunity to all three viruses. The second dose increases immunity and usually increases protection to 98 %.
- If you have measles symptoms, you need to contact the medical provider immediately.
- Do not go directly to clinics, hospitals, or public health clinics without calling to inform your symptoms first.
- Medical providers who suspect the patient must immediately notify public health.
- This is the first case reported in Georgia in 2025. In 2024, six cases of measles were reported in Georgia.
Source: Georgia Public Health Bureau
