The New Jersey State Health Department in the United States reported on Tuesday that it is investigating a possible mass exposure to measles. He has announced it after a person with this viral disease attended the Shakira concert on Thursday, May 15. This was the second stop of his LSo women no longer cry In the US and was held on the largest enclosure in the New York area, the Metlife stadium (about 82,000 seats).
The authorities added that the person lives outside the state of New Jersey and that there is the possibility that this large -scale exposure has been given between May 15 from 7:30 p.m. local time at one at dawn the next day, just the time interval in which the event lasted.
The authorities recommend anyone who believes having contracted measles that calls their doctor before going to any medical office or emergency service to receive treatment. In this way special measures can be taken to prevent greater propagation, they stressed. They also took the opportunity to ask the population to also keep up with their vaccines.
Measles is caused by one of the most contagious known viruses, which is transmitted through the saliva droplets that the person infected when speaking, coughing or sneezing.
So far, no new cases have been reported in New Jersey but the United States faces since the beginning of March an increasing measles outbreak, and Texas, its origin, remains the main focus.
The symptoms, which do not appear up to ten or fourteen days after the exhibition, include coughing, nasal secretion, inflammation of the eyes, sore throat, fever and the usual red rashes, which usually leaves a few days later. The most serious complication produced by infection is encephalitis, which develops approximately one in 1,000 infected and causes high mortality and serious neurological sequelae.
