It has been reported that more people at a migrant shelter in Pilsen have been diagnosed with measles, bringing the city’s total to five cases so far this year.
The Chicago Department of Public Health reported on Monday that two adults at the shelter had been diagnosed and were in stable condition. That followed a Sunday announcement that a young child residing at the shelter had been hospitalized with measles but was in “good condition.”
According to CBS News, the health department is working with partners to screen residents of the shelter for symptoms of measles and get them vaccinated.
Health department officials asked families at the shelter to keep school-aged children who are unvaccinated from attending school Monday out of an abundance of caution, according to a Chicago Public Schools statement.
The child who is hospitalized with measles attends a CPS school, and families and staff there have been notified, according to the district.
Before last week, measles cases had not been confirmed in Chicago since 2019.
