Overview

• Mexico’s Health Ministry counts 4,292 confirmed cases as of August 27 and at least 15 deaths, with most fatalities reported in Chihuahua.
• The Education Ministry is reinforcing review of students’ vaccination cards as preschools and basic-education classrooms reopen.
• The federal response includes purchasing 96 million vaccine doses with an investment exceeding 15 billion pesos and deploying door-to-door brigades and school modules.
• Only 4.9% of confirmed patients reported receiving one or two MMR doses, underscoring significant immunity gaps.
• Reporting links the surge to transmission from an outbreak in unvaccinated Texas communities, with low coverage noted in Indigenous and Mennonite populations in Chihuahua.