LOS ANGELES, Feb 9 (Reuters) – A total of 107 cases of measles have been confirmed in California, more than a third of them linked to an outbreak that began in Disneyland in late December, state health officials said on Monday.
More than three dozen additional cases of the highly infectious disease have been reported in 19 other states and in Mexico, including three new cases diagnosed in Cook County, Illinois. Seven of the eight cases so far found in Cook County are associated with a daycare center in the city of Palatine.
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Most people recover from measles within a few weeks, although it can be fatal in some cases. (Reporting by David Beasley in Georgia, Mary Wisniewski in Chicago and Dan Whitcomb in Los Angeles; Writing by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Peter Cooney)
