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Health confirms two more cases of measles in American family in Cobano

by Q COSTARICA Saturday 30 March 2019, 6:02 am 1.1k Views

The Ministerio de Salud (Ministry of Health) confirmed Friday afternoon two more cases of measles of a family of Americans living in the country, located in Cabuya de Cóbano, Puntarenas.
Six of the nine children of a US family living in Cabuya, Cóbano, Puntarenas, tested positive for measles
The new cases correspond to two girls, one and five years old, who tested positive with measles in the tests of the Instituto Costarricense de Investigación y Enseñanza en Nutrición y Salud (Inciensa) – Costa Rican Institute of Research and Education in Nutrition and Health.
Like their four siblings (three boys and one girl), all cases are linked to an imported case and are not indigenous, said the Ministry of Health in a statement.
Both minors were vaccinated on March 20;