The only way to protect against measles is through vaccination, which must be administered within 72 hours of the person being exposed to an outbreak of the disease. About this “BUSINESS Online” said Head of Rospotrebnadzor of Tatarstan Marina Patyashina.
He explained that if it is not completed within this period, the effectiveness of the vaccine will not be 100 percent.
“Neither wet cleaning, nor ventilation, nor frequent hand washing protects against measles; It is a very persistent, contagious infection. The only way to protect yourself is to get vaccinated twice. Vaccination allows you to create stable immunity against infection. <...> “We ask parents and adults not to refuse the measles vaccine because there is no other protection,” Patyashina said.
He said patients who were vaccinated against measles as children gained lifelong immunity. However, if the person does not know his or her vaccination status, it is important to go to the clinic where he or she lives and get vaccinated if it is discovered that the vaccine is missing.
At the end of December, the head of Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova statedThat the world around Russia is “burning” with measles. He explained that measles viruses circulating in Russia were brought to the country from 16 different countries. A total of 123 import cases were recorded, with subsequent spread. According to him, these are huge numbers.
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Source: Gazeta
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