The number of measles cases continues to grow in Chicago

The number of measles cases in the city now stands at 8 at the Pilsen migrant shelter. Three more cases have been confirmed at the center. One of the confirmed cases is not connected to new arrivals. Since the weekend about 900 vaccinations have been administered at the Pilsen shelter. A team from the CDC arrived in the city on Tuesday to help the Chicago Department of Public Health manage the outbreak. Exposed families are being moved to unnamed hotels including pregnant women and babies who cannot be vaccinated

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