Overview

• Chihuahua has logged about 3,500 confirmed measles cases and 12 deaths since February.
• More than 369,000 MMR doses have been administered, including over 42,000 in the past week.
• Under the Estrategia Escudo Juárez, 116 brigades from federal and state health agencies, Sedena, IMSS, IMSS-Bienestar and ISSSTE are conducting intensive house-to-house and public vaccinations.
• Federal health authorities aim to end the outbreak by November and have secured roughly 6 million vaccine doses to achieve over 95 percent coverage.
• PAN deputies have demanded an official outbreak report and called for reinforcement of Mexico’s universal vaccination program.