(1 May 2025)
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Cuauhtemoc, northern Mexico – 30 April 2025
1. Lourdes Vásquez holding her son Nathan as he gets vaccinated against measles
2. Close of syringe being inserted into vial of measles vaccine
3. Vásquez with sons Nathan and Alexander at vaccination center; health worker in background
4. Close of health worker filling out form
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Lourdes Vásquez, mother of two:
"That’s why I bring them (children) here (to get vaccinated) — so that they feel more protected and that if they do get measles, it doesn’t affect them or doesn’t hit them so hard."
6. Various of health worker preparing vaccine
7. Alexander crying as he gets vaccinated against measles
8. People in waiting room at vaccination center
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Perla Zúñiga, Cuauhtemoc resident:
"Well, the situation is very difficult because we hear that there are many measles outbreaks."
10. Close of sign reading (Spanish) "Vaccination"
11. Zúñiga’s daughter, Emily, getting vaccinated against measles
12. Close of empty vials, one of measles vaccine (right)
13. Zúñiga and Emily answering questions from health workers
14. Emily after getting vaccinated against measles
15. Close of vaccination card, including measles vaccine
16. Cuauhtemoc city sign
17. Shoeshiner polishing man’s boots
18. Man eating burrito
19. Couple eating ice cream with child
20. Vehicles driving past road sign
STORYLINE:
Children were getting vaccinated against measles Wednesday in northern Mexico, where an outbreak that originated in Texas has led to hundreds of infections.
The outbreak was first in the Mexican border state of Chihuahua in mid-February, with the first case being documented in an eight-year-old boy from a Mennonite community – which has a long-established presence in the region – in the city of Cuauhtemoc.
The unvaccinated boy and his family had traveled to visit relatives in Seminole, Texas, the epicenter of measles outbreaks in the US and brought back the infection to Mexico, according to Chihuahua officials.
Since, the state has documented 761 cases of measles, a number which has only continued to climb.
State officials said that in studying the virus, they determined the strain was first detected in Ontario, Canada, a city with a robust Mennonite community.
Authorities have said that the disease has circulated heavily through the communities due to religious and cultural reasons, and false information about vaccines, which has spread in recent years.
When the boy returned to his rural city, he passed on the disease to other classmates, which quickly spread it throughout Mennonite settlements through church and school gatherings, authorities said.
In early April, one 31-year-old Mennonite father died due to complications with measles and untreated diabetes.
Around half of the community remains unvaccinated, despite a strong push by health authorities to stop the spread of measles, according to official data.
Chihuahua’s Secretary of Health estimates that at least 90% of the people who have been infected were not vaccinated, and that around 15% of the people who have been infected have been hospitalized.
In March and April, infections began to quickly spread beyond the Mennonite settlement, infecting Indigenous Raramuri and Tarahumara people working in the community.
That later rippled out to other areas, like local populations in bigger cities, like Ciudad Juarez, a buzzing industrial city sharing a border with El Paso, Texas.
AP Video by Martín Silva Rey
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