MI: 2019 Mumps- outbreak in Calhoun & Monroe Co. jails

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Three likely mumps cases confirmed in St. Clair County
Health officials encourage up-to-date vaccines
By Katelyn Larese Mar 21, 2019 Updated 1 hr ago

State and local health officials have confirmed three probable cases of mumps in St. Clair County.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and St. Clair County Health Department confirmed two probable cases of mumps in adults who traveled internationally to India and became ill after their return in early March.

The third probable case is a student at Fort Gratiot Middle School in Port Huron...

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Source: http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/loca...umps-outbreaks


Two Michigan jails experiencing mumps outbreaks
Posted Apr 19 2019 05:26PM EDT
Video Posted Apr 19 2019 05:22PM EDT

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (FOX 2) - Michigan is in the middle of a measles outbreak but are mumps next? Two Michigan jails on opposite sides of the state are dealing with mumps outbreaks.

Shahad Atiya is an immigration attorney for an asylum seeker from Guatemala. Her client is in federal detention and is awaiting a hearing in Calhoun County Jail. For days she couldn't get in touch her client.

"That's why I was reaching out to him and saying to his family 'can you please have him call me, can you please have him call me - he has an interview coming up'. And I wasn't hearing from him and the interview kept getting rescheduled," Atiya said.

On Tuesday, she found what was happening from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). There was a mumps outbreak at the Calhoun County Jail, which houses 630 inmates and 120 staff members...

...But the Calhoun County wasn't an isolated outbreak because Monroe County Jail was also experiencing the same.

As it turns out, an inmate who was transferred there for deportation from Calhoun County on April 14th had the mumps and had to be sent back the jail in Battle Creek.

Monroe County Jail administrators say inmates there are being quarantined for 25 days. They also said the county health department responded immediately to inoculate 80 inmates and 9 employees...

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Two Cases Of Mumps Have Been Confirmed At The Calhoun County Jail
By Amanda Barberena & Karel Vega ? 7 minutes ago

The Calhoun county sheriff?s department says they were notified on Monday, April 15 that one of their inmates was displaying symptoms of mumps. A few days later, another case was confirmed.

The first case is being treated at the county jail while the second case is at a separate facility. The second infected inmate had left the jail a few weeks before her case of mumps was confirmed.

Randy Hazel is the chief deputy for Calhoun county. He says as of now, nobody else has come forward with symptoms of mumps...