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Measles cases have continued to increase in Texas since the outbreak began at the end of January.
State health officials reported 561 cases confirmed in 23 counties on Tuesday, an increase of 20 as of April 11.
The cases in Gaines County, the center of the outbreak in western Texas, jumped from 355 to 364, according to Reuters, citing the Department of Health Services of the State of Texas (DSHS). The county now represents almost 65% of the total cases of the State, according to health officials.
In response to the outbreak, the United States government will be seven staff to the State to help fight the outbreak, The Outlet reported.
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Texas measles cases have increased to 561.
Dr. David Sugerman, of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), cools an update on the United States response to the measles outbreak on Tuesday, according to Reuters. He said that the CDC had already deployed 15 personnel in Texas from March 4 to April 1 and that the agency planned to send a second team on Tuesday, the media reported.
However, Sugerman said that an response to the outbreak has been affected by the cancellation of federal subsidies to the States, according to Reuters.
“We are scraping the resources and personnel necessary to provide support to Texas and other jurisdictions,” said Sugerman.
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The arm of a teenager covered with a measles eruption. (Istock)
A local public health official also told Reuters that the outbreak could last a year.
Dr. Katherine Wells, director of Lubbock Public Health, told Reuters that if the outbreak continues to extend on January 20, 2026, the United States could be at risk of losing her state of removal of measles. The United States was declared endemic measles transmission in 2000.
Texas health officials said that only 4%, less than 25 of confirmed cases, are estimated to be “actively infectious.” People are likely to be infectious four days before and after the start of the eruption.
The CDCs will send more personnel to Texas to help fight the measles outbreak of the state. (Photo of Reuters/Tami Chappell/Archive)
From the outbreak, 58 of the total state patients have been hospitalized.
Currently, children under 18 represent the largest demographic group of measles infected, representing 381 or 561 cases.
Two deaths have registered the leg among school -age children. The children were not vaccinated and had no underlying conditions.
Since January, seven cases have been reported in those who were considered completely vaccinated and four cases in those who only had one dose of vaccine, health officials reported.
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The other 550 cases were reported in people who were not vaccinated or their vaccination status is unknown.
Reuters contributed to this report.