More than 1,500 cases of measles have been registered in Kyrgyzstan since the beginning of the year. Press center of the Ministry of Health reported.
The Republican Center for Immunoprophylaxis, together with the Association of Groups of Family Doctors and Family Nurses of the Kyrgyz Republic, conducts trainings for medical workers in order to activate the surveillance system and timely localize the outbreak of measles and rubella.
«Despite the anti-epidemiological measures, due to the high contagiousness of measles / rubella, there is a risk of nosocomial infection and spread in the territory of Kyrgyzstan, especially in children under 12 months old ,» the ministry noted.
There is no specific treatment for measles, but the disease can be prevented by vaccination. Preventive vaccination against measles and rubella is carried out for children at 12 months, and revaccination — at six years old.
Measles is a contagious infectious disease caused by a virus. This infection is characterized by high susceptibility. It means that if a person who has not previously had measles and has not been vaccinated comes into contact with a sick person, the probability of getting sick is extremely high. Measles is transmitted by airborne droplets. The patient is contagious to others from the last two days of the incubation period until the fourth day of the rash.
