>> CHICAGO HAS RECORDED 56 MUSIAL CASES THIS YEAR, ACCOUNTING FOR OVER HALF OF THE CASES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.

THAT ALSO REPORTED MORE THAN HALF OF CASES ARE IN CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 5.

THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS THEY ARE FIGHTING THE SPREAD THROUGH TESTING AND VACCINATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN THE MIGRANT SHELTER WITH THE MAJORITY OF CASES ARE EMERGING.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE IS DOCTOR BRIAN BORA, THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR VACCINE.

PREVENTABLE DISEASES.

THAT'S A COT AT THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING COURSE.

NOW, FIRST QUESTION, WHAT IS DEPARTMENT'S CURRENT ACTION PLAN WITH THE RISE IN THE END, THESE HEALTH CONCERNS?

>> WE HAVE A MULTI PRONGED ACTION PLAN RIGHT NOW.

I THINK THE MOST VISIBLE PART OF OUR ACTION PLAN HE'S VACCINATED.

WE TODAY JUST CROSS SPECIAL EFFECTS 6,000 PEOPLE IN THE SHELTER SYSTEM RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE TEAMS OUT THERE EVERY DAY WE'VE HAD OVER 75 VACCINE EVENTS MARCH 8TH.

WHEN THIS CAMPAIGN STARTED, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES AS WELL.

LIKE YOU MENTIONED, WE'RE TESTING FOLKS.

WE'RE SCREENING FOLKS.

WE ARE MAKING PHONE CALLS TO EXPOSE PEOPLE AND DOING A LOT OF EPIDEMIOLOGIC WORK BEHIND THE SCENES.

CAN YOU BRIEFLY EXPLAIN WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS THE MEASLES AND HOW IT SPREADS?

>> SURE.

SO MEASLES IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE MOST CONTAGIOUS DISEASES THAT WE KNOW ABOUT SOMEONE WHO HAS MEASLES.

THEY USUALLY START WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME SOME GENERAL, A VIRAL SYMPTOMS LIKE COUGH COLD, COSTS LIKE RUNNY NOSE, RED EYES, THEY CAN DEVELOP A FEVER.

THEY CAN GET PRETTY HIGH.

THEN AFTER A COUPLE DAYS, THEY DEVELOP A RASH WHICH USUALLY STARTS IN THE HEAD AND MOVE DOWN TO THE REST OF THE BODY.

I WANT TAKE A LOOK AT SOME CDPH HAS REPORTED 56 CASES THIS YEAR THAT'S CONTRIBUTED TO THE 97 CASES WE'VE SEEN IN THE U.S. ALSO CHILDREN UNDER 5 UNDER 5 MAKE UP OVER HALF OF THE CASES.

FIRST WYATT, CHICAGO SEEN SO MANY MORE CASES IN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND OURSELVES.

I THINK WE HAD A UNIQUE SITUATION WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE IN VERY CLOSE QUARTERS.

ANYTIME YOU HAVE A CONGRESS, A TEAM LIKE THAT, YOU HAVE A RISK FOR FOR A SPREAD OF ANY DISEASE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME BAD LUCK.

MEASLES SOMEHOW IS INTRODUCED THIS SETTING AND WE HAVE AN OUTBREAK.

NOW.

WHAT MAKES CHILDREN SO VULNERABLE?

>> YOU KNOW, ANYBODY IS REALLY, REALLY VULNERABLE TO THIS DISEASE.

CHILDREN ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO GETTING A SEVERE DISEASE.

SO WE SAY, YOU KNOW, CHILDREN UNDER 5 >> ARE ESPECIALLY HIGH RISK.

AND EVEN THOSE YOUNGER CHILDREN OR EVEN AT HIGHER RISK OF GETTING REALLY AND WHAT CAN PARENTS DO?

OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S BEEN CONCERN AT CPS SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF THE WAY OF HOW CONTAGIOUS IT IS.

YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN PARENTS DO?

THINK THE NUMBER ONE THING PARENTS AND EVERYBODY ELSE CAN DO RIGHT NOW IS GET VACCINATED.

CHECK YOUR VACCINE RECORDS.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T HAVE RECORDS, ASK YOUR PRIMARY CARE.

DOCTOR IF YOU STILL CAN'T FIND RECORDS, YOU CAN GET SOMETHING THAT'S CALLED TIGERS.

YOU CAN CHECK TO SEE IF YOU HAVE IMMUNITY IN YOUR BLOOD.

AND IF IT COMES BACK NEGATIVE, IT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY ALSO BLOOD TEST.

IT IS A BLOOD TEST.

YES.

SO IF AN ADULT LIKE MYSELF WANTS TO MAKE SURE I COULD GO AHEAD AND DO THAT, YOU CAN GET THERE IF THEY DON'T HAVE RECORD, CORRECT?

THAT'S ABSOLUTE, RIGHT?

YEAH.

>> NOW THE CDPH HAS SET.

THE OUTBREAK IS NOT LINKED TO THE MIGRANT SHELTER DESPITE THE MAJORITY COMING FROM THERE.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY?

>> I THINK THAT IS TRYING TO EXPLAIN IS THAT DON'T WE DON'T EXACTLY KNOW HOW WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE CITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CASES COME OUT OF THAT SETTING.

BUT I THINK IT'S AN OPEN QUESTION ABOUT HOW MEASLES CAME TO BE IN THAT SETTING.

WE DO HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE THAT, YOU KNOW, WELL, WE WE CERTAINLY THE WAS IN CHICAGO BEFORE THIS OUTBREAK STARTED, OK, WE HAD A CASE CHICAGO IN THE COMMUNITY BEFOREHAND.

WE KNEW ABOUT A CASE IN INDIANA JUST OVER THE BORDER THAT HAS SOME EXPOSURES IN THE CITY TOO.

WE THINK THAT THEY'RE SOMEHOW LINKED TO 2, ONE OF THOSE 2 CASES OR ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, CASE THAT WE'RE NOT SURE ABOUT.

WE'RE STILL INVESTIGATING THOSE DETAILS BECAUSE YOU SAID IT IS CONTAGIOUS.

I MEAN, THIS IS A PULSE IN SHELTERS.

I MEAN, EVERYONE IS IN ONE SPACE.

EXACTLY.

SO A LOT OF EXPOSED PEOPLE IN THAT SHELTER IN AND YOU KNOW, EVEN ONE CASE OF MEASLES >> WE RESPOND TO VERY QUICKLY AND WITH A LOT OF RESOURCES.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT'S GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES WITH SO MANY CASES.

OF COURSE, NEWS AT 6,000 OF MIGRANTS HAVE BEEN VACCINATED.

>> HAS THAT ALL BEEN AT THE POTION?

SHELTERED SPREAD OUT A DIFFERENT SHELTER ALL THROUGH THE SHELTER SYSTEM.

>> OKAY.

AND WHAT DOES THAT SIGNAL TO ABOUT THE CASES OUTSIDE OF THE SHELTERS SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT THE PILL, SOME SHELTER?

>> WELL, WE FOCUS FIRST ON THE SHELTER WHERE WE KNEW THAT THERE ARE CASES AND WE KNEW THAT THEIR TRANSMISSION WE WERE ABLE TO VACCINATE, YOU KNOW, AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, EVEN JUST IN 3 DAYS.

SO THE SECOND STEP OF OUR CAMPAIGN WAS TO GO INTO THE SHELTERS WHERE WE THOUGHT THERE MIGHT BE A RISK OF SPREAD.

AND SO I THINK WE'RE ABLE TO GET AHEAD OF THE VIRUS IN THAT WAY.

AND WE REALLY HAVE TARGETED, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE SHELTERS, HOUSING THESE NEW ARRIVALS IN CHICAGO.

AND WE THINK IT PUT A GOOD DENT IN INTO THIS OUTBREAK.

AND THE VACCINE HAS JUST BEEN CHILDREN.

ASYLUM SEEKERS BEING VACCINATED AS WELL.

ANYBODY ANYBODY IN THE SHELTER WHO DIDN'T HAVE A EVIDENCE OF IMMUNITY, WE OFFER THE VACCINE TO.

AND WHAT IS YOUR OPINION DO THINK THERE SHOULD BE A REQUIREMENT FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS TO RECEIVE IMMUNIZATIONS?

>> I THINK, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY SPEAKING ANYBODY IN THE YOU KNOW, TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY.

I THINK IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO BE VACCINATED.

>> IT'S NOT ONLY PROTECTION FOR SOUTH, IT'S PROTECTION FOR YOUR LOVED ONES.

YOUR NEIGHBORS AND FOR THE GENERAL CHICAGO COMMUNITY.

>> AND NOW I WANT SWITCH THE SUBJECT TO TALK ABOUT TO RICK LOWE SAYS THERE'S CONFIRMED CASES AT ALSO SOME OF THE SHELTERS.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS?

YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT PART OF DAY-TO-DAY CDPH BY WILL SAY UNLIKE MEASLES WERE WE GO YEARS AND YEARS WITHOUT SEEING A SINGLE CASE OF MEASLES?

>> TUBERCULOSIS.

WE ON AVERAGE SEE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 100 150 CASES IN CHICAGO YEAR.

DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S BEEN ANY DOCUMENTED TRANSMISSION WITHIN THE SHELTER OF TUBERCULOSIS.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A TEAM WORKING ON AND I'D BE HAPPY TO PUT IN TOUCH WITH THANK YOU.

DO THINK THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE EXTREMELY CONCERNED IN CHICAGO RIGHT NOW.

>> ABOUT MEASLES?

YES, ABOUT MEASLES.

I THINK EVERYONE CAN BE CONFIDENT THAT THIS, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT CASES ARE GOING DOWN RIGHT NOW.

>> TESTING IS GOING DOWN RIGHT NOW.

SO WE THINK WE'VE DONE, YOU OUR JOB TO TO AT LEAST PAUSE OR SLOW DOWN OUTBREAK.

WE KNOW THAT IS SOMEWHAT CONTAINED WITHIN.

YOU KNOW, THERE HASN'T BEEN A MUCH DOCUMENTED SPREAD WITHIN THE WIDER COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW IN CHICAGO.

THAT SAID, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, I THINK THIS IS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE VACCINATED.

YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THOSE RECORDS IF YOU'RE NOT SURE.

TALK TO A DOCTOR.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT INFORMATION.

THANK YOU.

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