– admits there are “small pockets of vulnerable persons”Perhaps in order to ensure that Guyana does not become the subject of “professional negligence,” the Ministry of Health has issued a measles alert. This is in light of the fact that there may be some vulnerability despite Guyana’s laudable immunization record.In a statement the Ministry said that it has intensified efforts to prevent the reintroduction of?measles into Guyana following the outbreak of this infectious disease in the United States of America and other parts of the world.Minister of Health Dr Bheri Ramsaran in an exclusive interview with this publication recently said that Guyana is on top of its immunization programme and went on to dub the outbreak of the disease in the United States as “professional negligence.”“I think that we need to send some of our specialists to give guidance and consultancy to the Americans,Wholesale NBA Jerseys,” the Minister had said even as he added his conviction that “it is unacceptable that the babies and even the adults in Miami and Florida are exposed to measles.”“I want to blow our trumpet…Guyana is on top of measles,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, Guyana is on top of 16 others vaccine preventable diseases. Guyana has 98 (per cent) coverage…there is no measles in Guyana for the past umpteen years and we can even say ‘donkey’ years,” boasted the Health Minister.He bragged of Guyana “being on top of our vaccine preventable childhood diseases. We started several years ago with coverage of probably just two vaccines and then we kept going, and going until now where we have 16 including HPV.”Although indigenous?Measles and Rubella were eliminated from Guyana and the Region of the Americas in 2002 and 2009 respectively, they however remained endemic in some World Health Organisation (WHO) regions. However, reports out of the Health Ministry suggest that these outbreaks, occurring since?2013, pose a threat to the Caribbean Sub Region including Guyana.The Ministry in its statement has admitted too that “immunization coverage nationally over the last five years is reported above 97 per cent, but varies across the Regions and is lower in rural and remote areas of Guyana, with small pockets of vulnerable persons including children and adults existing.”With this background, the Ministry said that it is therefore advising all travelers?into Guyana with a?fever and rash along with a cough or running nose or pink/red eye to contact a?doctor or the nearest health centre within proximity immediately.Persons who reside in Guyana, especially children, who may have been in contact with a traveller with these symptoms are also requested to seek immediate medical attention,Wholesale Jerseys, the Ministry in a statement said.“We encourage visitors with the above symptoms to: avoid extensive travel around the country while ill; avoid close contact with especially young children (under five) in the household during the first seven days of the appearance of a rash,” added the statementThe Ministry is also advising that good hand hygiene (washing and sanitizing), cough etiquette (cover cough) and early medical treatment can reduce the risk of measles and other infection.In addition, all persons (adults and children over one) who have not received two doses of the Measles,Wholesale Jerseys USA, Mumps and Rubella Vaccines (MMR) are being encouraged to visit the nearest health centre to be vaccinated. “Please bring your vaccination cards to the health centres,” added the statement.According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) measles is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by a virus. It spreads through the air through coughing and sneezing and starts with a fever, runny nose, cough, red eyes, and sore throat, and is followed by a rash that spreads all over the body.About three out of 10 people who get measles will develop one or more complications including pneumonia,Wholesale Jerseys, ear infections, or diarrhoea, the CDC has revealed. However,Wholesale Jerseys 2017, measles can be prevented with the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella)?vaccine.