Five Georgians have come down with cases of highly contagious measles this year, State Epidemiologist Dr. Cherie Drenzek said Tuesday.
That’s a slight drop from last year’s six measles cases and well below a peak of 18 cases Georgia experienced in 2019, Drenzek told members of the state Board of Public Health.
The Georgia cases pale in comparison to ongoing measles outbreaks in Colorado and in eastern Canada. In the province of Ontario, 40 unvaccinated pregnant women came down with measles.
In Colorado, an out-of-state passenger connecting at the Denver airport after a flight from Istanbul spread measles to eight people. Drenzek also says the traditional virus season has ended and COVID, flu, and RSV cases are low.
