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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Johanna Chisholm

Nine children have been hospitalised in an Ohio measles outbreak that’s infected more than a dozen

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ohio health authorities are calling on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to investigate a local outbreak of measles that has so far infected 24 children and hospitalised at least nine.

The outbreak of the vaccine-preventable virus began in early November, with Columbus Public Health (CPH) and Franklin County Public Health (FCPH) announcing they were investigating four confirmed cases, all associated with one day care facility and in children who were unvaccinated.

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