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Fort McCoy Measles Incident: Wisconsin Base Detects Disease Among Afghan Refugees
By Marvie Basilan
09/08/21 AT 12:56 AM
KEY POINTS
Contacts of the measles case have been isolated
Afghanistan has the seventh-highest number of measles cases worldwide
Six people tested positive for COVID-19 in an Aug. 29 flight from Kabul to the Dulles Airport
Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., said almost all Afghans in the Wisconsin base are accepting COVID-19 vaccines
A case of measles has been detected at the Fort McCoy Army Base in Wisconsin where Afghan refugees are being housed temporarily as the government works to re-settle them.
An internal government viewed by Fox News stated that the army base confirmed a measles case Sunday, with contacts having been isolated as part of the containment measures. Aside from isolation, the notice said that “post-exposure prophylaxis and inoculations are in process.”...
Fort McCoy Measles Incident: Wisconsin Base Detects Disease Among Afghan Refugees
By Marvie Basilan
09/08/21 AT 12:56 AM
KEY POINTS
Contacts of the measles case have been isolated
Afghanistan has the seventh-highest number of measles cases worldwide
Six people tested positive for COVID-19 in an Aug. 29 flight from Kabul to the Dulles Airport
Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., said almost all Afghans in the Wisconsin base are accepting COVID-19 vaccines
A case of measles has been detected at the Fort McCoy Army Base in Wisconsin where Afghan refugees are being housed temporarily as the government works to re-settle them.
An internal government viewed by Fox News stated that the army base confirmed a measles case Sunday, with contacts having been isolated as part of the containment measures. Aside from isolation, the notice said that “post-exposure prophylaxis and inoculations are in process.”...
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