As the number of measles cases in Minnesota holds steady at 34, state health officials are stressing that…
“vaccination works and we want to make sure that we’re getting our populations vaccinated when we’re not vaccinated, we see measles outbreaks and that’s what we’re seeing happening right now.”
Kris Ehresmann with the state Health Department. 32 of the cases are confirmed as unvaccinated. 33 cases occurred in children five and under, and one case involves an adult. 29 of the cases are in Somali Minnesotans. A case previously reported in Stearns County has been ruled out by further testing.