Health authorities have confirmed that a tourist with influenza traveled through Los Angeles this quarter from Munich, Germany, to Fresno Yosemite International Airport, opening the door for thousands of Californians to the highly contagious disease.
Representatives from the L. A. The situation was confirmed late on Monday by the county’s public health ministry, bringing the total number of measles cases documented in California to nine for the year.
According to health leaders from Los Angeles and Fresno, the bored traveler boarded a supporting journey to Fresno Yosemite around 8 p.m. May 19 after taking a Lufthansa flight there at 3 p.m. The next day, the patient arrived at Los Angeles International Airport’s Tom Bradley International Terminal.
So far, no related diseases have been reported.
This is not the first time this year that people traveling in California has spread the virus into Los Angeles.
In February, a native came home on a Greek Airlines journey from Istanbul, stopping for breakfast at a Northridge Chick- chick- A.
A sick customer dined on donuts and grilled chicken in the Simpsons area of Universal Studios in late March and early April, and they frequently used the treadmill at Sheraton Gateway Hotel near LAX to get some rest before health officials identified them. They also ate at several fast-casual chain restaurants in the city.
Influenza is about , six days more infectious , than COVID- 19 and is often fatal in places where it is widespread. In 2022, about 130, 000 people are believed to have died from the virus, typically kids.
According to Dr. Muntu Davis, a health official for Los Angeles County,” Smallpox is spread by air and by direct email even before you know you have it,” and it can be fatal. For those who are not defense, measles is very contagious. First causing fever, cough, dark, wet eyes and followed by a rash, it can result in serious problems for young kids and resilient people”.
More than 140 reported so far this year across the United States are included in the most current LAX illness, which is more than twice the number reported in all of next year.
More than half of those circumstances required admission, authorities said. Most were among persons who had not been inoculated.
Although the prevalence of measles in California has decreased in recent years, raising concerns that the virus may spread directly, the majority of Americans are measles-vaccinated as toddlers.
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