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Reno County Public Health issues update as measles cases rise in Kansas
Summary
Reno County public health officials told the county commission that Kansas is seeing a multi-county measles outbreak and urged vaccination; local kindergarten immunization rates have dropped below herd-immunity levels.
Carla Nichols, director of public health for Reno County, and Karen, the county’s assistant director of clinical services and health official, told commissioners the state is reporting a measles outbreak and that the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is publishing case numbers on a dashboard.
Nichols said KDHE’s dashboard will report cases weekly. Karen said that, as of the weekly snapshot she had available, Kansas recorded 37 measles cases and one hospitalization, and that 30 of those cases involved people who…
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