Dozens quarantined in California after measles exposureThe US has recorded the highest number of measles cases this year since the disease was declared eradicated at the turn of the century. [AFP]Dozens of people at two California universities have been quarantined as US health officials battle to stop the spread of a nationwide measles outbreak, authorities said Thursday.The Department of Public Health said hundreds of students and staff at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and California State University (Cal State) had been exposed to a measles carrier earlier this month. SEE ALSO :UN warns of 'complacency' as measles cases soar worldwideThe US has recorded 695 cases of measles in 2019 -- the most in any year since the disease was declared eliminated at the turn of the century. SEE ALSO :County steps up war on measlesCal State said 156 students and staff who may have been exposed to an infected student were quarantined. Worldwide, measles cases rose 300 percent through the first three months of 2019 compared with the same period last year, according to the United Nations.

Source: Standard Digital April 26, 2019 05:48 UTC