All patients who were also in the emergency department between 2:00 and 5:00 am should now closely monitor their health.
Measles Case in Styria: Infected Person in Hospital Outpatient Clinic
15-01-2025, 18:07
The Styrian State Health Directorate has once again reported a case of measles. According to a press release on Wednesday afternoon, an infected person visited the emergency department of the LKH Bruck an der Mur on the night of December 31, 2024.
Measles Infection is Mandatory to Report
Just last weekend it became known that another person infected with measles had presented themselves at hospitals in Upper Styria at the end of December and had also attended a service at Bethel Kindberg. People who may have been infected should contact their general practitioner by phone in advance if symptoms occur. The viral disease begins with flu-like symptoms such as fever, cough or runny nose, after three to five days the characteristic rash appears, which is accompanied by high fever. A measles infection is mandatory to report and is caused by droplet infection.
Hundreds of Measles Cases
Last year, according to the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), a total of 529 confirmed cases of measles were recorded nationwide, the majority in the first quarter. 115 people had to be treated in Austrian hospitals, four of them in an intensive care unit.
(APA/Red)
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