The patient is a 19-year-old girl who returned from Peru, where she went to vacation. She was not vaccinated.
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Fact Sheet: Health authorities have activated a measles contingency plan in El Alto and Beni after a second case was confirmed in La Paz. House-to-house vaccination teams will be deployed to immunize the population, especially children between 1 and 5 years old. Tap to see the full context.
Context: The first case was a 21-year-old university student who contracted the virus during a trip to Peru. Rosario Quiroga, head of the Expanded Program on…