CDC tells Americans to cancel their flights after finding the world’s most infectious disease spreads on planes

The CDC In Americans, Americans urge their upcoming flights if they have not been vaccinated against measles.

The agency has upgraded its warning for health trips after discovering the virus – one of the most infectious in the world – spreads on American planes.

An earlier recommendation that said that Americans should “consider making alternative travel plans” if they could not be vaccinated before they leave now says that travelers’ consider ‘postpone their journey’.

Estimates suggest that about 10 percent of adults may not have immunity, either as a result of never receiving measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine or because their immunity has decreased over time – the equivalent of 25 million adults.

Measles infections have been detected on the largest airports in the country In recent months in the midst of a revival of the virus linked to low vaccination rates.

Now, after investigating dozens of patients who were contagious while flying, the CDC confirmed at least one case in which the virus was distributed during air travel.

All American travelers are now recommended to be fully vaccinated for measles before they go on international flights.

And doctors are advised to give additional measles vaccines to domestic travelers who go to Texas, where more than 700 people have been infected this year so far.

The CDC has encouraged Americans who have not been vaccinated against measles to cancel upcoming flights after an increasing number of cases has been linked to air travel

Stanford is investigating projects that if vaccinations fall by only five percent, the number of measles of measles could jump to 5.7 million with 2,550 deaths in the next 25 years

The newest update of the CDC, published Wednesday, is: “Travelers can catch measles in many travel institutions, including travel hubs such as airports and train stations, on public transport such as planes and trains, at tourist attractions and at large, busy events.”

Since the beginning of this year, the CDC has received 62 reports from travelers who are infected with measles while they fly into the US or within the country, a CDC spokesperson said CBS News.

An investigation of 50 of those passengers showed that the measles agency spread during air travel in at least one of those situations. The CDC said that this is usually based on confirmed infectious individuals who sit next to each other.

The last warning for airports came on Friday as Three passengers fly to Denver International Airport On the same Turkish airline, the flight tested positively for measles. One of them was an vaccinated adult.

From 2025, precise information about the number of American adults has not been vaccinated against measles.

However, historical estimates suggest that about 10 percent of adults may not have immunity, either as a result of never receiving measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine or because their immunity has decreased over time.

Given the American adult population of around 258 million, this can translate into around 25 million adults who may be unprotected against measles.

About 90 percent of the confirmed cases are bound by outbreaks in the US instead of traveling outside the country.

Symptoms – including a flavoring rash, fever, cough and runny nose – usually develop seven to 21 days after the first exposure.

Measles spread through in the air that is released in cough and sneezing, which can hang in the air for a maximum of two hours after a patient passes by.

It is especially dangerous for young children, where the CDC says that one in 20 non -vaccinated children who are infected develop pneumonia, while one in 1,000 deadly swelling suffers from the brain.

A total of 1,088 Americans have so far been infected this year and two non -vaccinated young girls have died.