The Jalisco Ministry of Education confirmed that 2 cases of measles were detected in schools in the municipality of Zapopan.

The State Secretary of Education, Juan Carlos Flores, confirmed the situation and noted that groups where a case has been detected are sent to their homes.

“Let’s just remember that the instruction from the Ministry of Health is that if a single case occurs in the group, only that group is suspended, it is sanitized and they go away for 14 days to monitor those children and the other members of their family,” said the official.

On the other hand, he mentioned that there are schools where in-person attendance is being recovered, for example, in the municipalities of Arandas or Tlaquepaque.

“We have already recovered presence in Arandas, the 7 groups of the 7 schools that had been suspended because an infected child appeared in each one, we have already recovered presence this Monday. We are waiting for the Tlaquepaque school to return this week, at the end.”

To prevent infections, vaccination campaigns are being deployed in schools, which have had a good response, according to the Secretary of Education.

According to the federal Ministry of Health, there are a total of 5,089 measles infections in the country.

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M.B.