Jalisco exceeded the 400 confirmed cases of measles infectionsso far this year and one death from this disease, according to figures from the Daily Outbreak Report of the Federal Ministry of Health.
This document indicated that in the last few hours 28 new infections have been added to the state statistics; besides, In less than a month the amount doubledbecause according to the dependency, On November 21, 216 were countedwhile On December 15, there were 414.
At the federal level, this entity occupies second place nationally in number of transmissions, only by below Chihuahuawhich concentrates 4,465 cases, equivalent to almost eight out of every ten people diagnosed with the disease in Mexico.
Regarding the sex of those infected, 51.1 percent are men y 48.9 are womenwhile the ages where more infections occur are in children from zero to four years (1,473), followed by young people 25 to 29 (662).
DEAL WITH TRANSMISSIONS
Since yesterday, the University of Guadalajara (UdeG) installed measles vaccination modules in the university centers of Economic and Administrative Sciences (CUCEA), Health Sciences (CUCS) and Tonalá (CUTonalá) to combat the virus.
On December 12, the governor Pablo Lemus Navarroled a virtual meeting with state and municipal authorities, where he called for coordinated work, this with the aim of following a work route to contain and prevent a greater dispersion of measles cases in Jalisco.
In Tlaquepaque, since December 7, the city council, in coordination with the National Public Health Service and the state Health Secretariat (SS), extended the vaccination campaign from the 8th to the 12th of this month, with brigades that will visit schools in the municipality.
Due to low vaccination coverage, after the Covid-19 pandemic, a significant rebound was reported in 2025.
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE
The Eighth Health Region of the SS maintains active epidemiological surveillance and redoubled vaccination efforts in Puerto Vallarta, after cases were reported in nearby municipalities such as Mascota, Tomatlán and Talpa.
Its director, Jaime Álvarez Zayas, reported that the immunization campaign was intensified.
INFESTATION CONFIRMS
Beatriz Adriana Ruiz Huertahead of the Ministry of Health of Nayaritconfirmed that they have two reports of measles in the municipality of Bahía de Banderas: a 36-year-old man and his six-year-old daughter, both originally from Michoacán.
These people remain under home health protectionfor a period of 15 days to see its evolution.