After an Israeli flight attendant contracted measles, health officials urge flight crews to get vaccinated
Public health officials in Israel are urging crew members on national air carriers to ensure that they have received the proper dosage of the measles vaccine after a flight attendant contracted the deadly disease, possibly in New York.
Itamar Grotto, associate director general of the ministry, told CNN that the woman has been “in a deep coma for 10 days, and we’re now just hoping for the best.” “The Ministry issued precise instructions for all passengers on the flight. If you have any further questions, contact your family doctor or the Health Ministry,” the airline said.Basson said public health experts have not been able to speak with the woman because she is unconscious, but her mother told them that she had received all required childhood vaccinations, which, in the 1970s, would have included one dose of a vaccine intended to protect against measles and other childhood diseases.
Sun added: “People born between 1957 and 1989 generally only had one MMR dose. One dose is about 93 percent effective at preventing measles, but anyone in that age group can still get a second dose, says Russell Faust, medical director for Michigan’s Oakland County health department.”Since the introduction of the measles vaccine in the 1960s, measles cases in Israel, as well as in the United States, have declined steadily.
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