First measles death in West texas according to the outbreak WSB TV channel 2 registered

Lubbock, Texas – a person commissioned in West Texas measles, died, the first death in the state of highly infectious illness, said health officials on Wednesday.

According to Zach Holbrooks, director and managing director of South Plains Public Health District, the resident of Gaines County in Lubbock in Gaines County died in an e -mail to USA today. It was unclear how old the person was.

The spokeswoman for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Melissa Whitfield, also confirmed death to Associated Press and explained that the patient died overnight. Death was also confirmed at NBC News by Katherine Wells, the director of public health from Lubbock's health department.

Covenant Children's Hospital in Lubbock did not immediately respond to a request for comments, the AP reported.

According to the State Ministry of Health, the outbreak, mainly in the rural areas of West Texas, has expanded to 124 cases in nine counties, according to the news organization.

The measles outbreak in rural west texas has grown to 124 cases in nine counties, the State Ministry of Health said on Tuesday. There are also nine cases in the east of New Mexico. State data show that the victims were mainly people who were not vaccinated or had no known vaccination status, reported USA. Eighteen people were hospitalized.

According to the US centers for the control and prevention of diseases. Measles is a breath virus that can survive in the air for up to two hours.

A rash usually occurs about 14 days after the burden of a person, said the CDC. The rash spreads from the head to the trunk to the lower extremities.

The patients are considered to be contagious from four days ago four days after the crash occurred.

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