The primary Illinois case of measles within the newest nationwide outbreak has been reported.
The Illinois Division of Public Well being mentioned the case was confirmed Wednesday, and concerned an grownup in far southern Illinois. The county and/or city weren’t specified.
Officers mentioned the case is the one case in Illinois of which they’re conscious at the moment.
Thus far, there have been 800 measles instances on this outbreak, which began in Texas.
Chicago noticed its personal measles outbreak simply final yr — affecting particularly the migrant shelter in operation on the time in Pilsen. There have been 67 instances reported within the March and April 2024 Chicago space outbreak altogether.
Public well being officers confirmed Chicago’s first case of measles since 2019 on March 7, 2024. The following day, the town noticed its first measles case on the since-closed Pilsen migrant shelter at 2241 S. Halsted St.
A complete of 57 migrants on the shelter ended up testing optimistic for measles throughout March and April final yr. On the time, the Pilsen shelter was the town’s largest shelter for asylum seekers, with roughly 1,900 migrants residing there.
