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Milwaukee To Hold Mass Measles Vaccinations After 4 Infected
Officials: No New Cases Reported
UPDATED: 12:48 pm CDT April 11,
2008
MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Health Department is holding two clinics to vaccinate people against the measles.Four people in the area, including three young children from a daycare, have been diagnosed with the highly contagious disease.Health Department spokeswoman Raquel Filmanowicz said that only one clinic was originally scheduled on the city's south side for Saturday, but the department added one on the north side due to expected high turnout.Filmanowicz said that the department has received more than 1,200 calls to its hot line about the outbreak. She said that normally it wouldn't get more than a half dozen calls a day.No new cases have been reported so far.
Previous Stories:
- April 10, 2008: 4 Cases Of Measles Confirmed In Milwaukee Area
- April 9, 2008: 12 Milwaukee-Area Children Quarantined In Measles Case
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