Chicago DPH Commissioner Olusimbo Ige (left); Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (right) | City of Chicago
Chicago DPH Commissioner Olusimbo Ige (left); Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (right) | City of Chicago
The City of Chicago Public Health Department says it has identified 57 "confirmed cases" of measles brought to Chicago by illegal aliens, now living in shelters across the city.
In a weekly "Measles Update," the department said "the majority" of cases are from an illegal alien shelter in Pilsen, on Halsted Street.
The dashboard reported that 33 of the measles cases are children 0-4 years old, seven are children 5-17 years old, 16 are adults 18-49 years old and one is an adult over 50 years old.
It also reported public "exposure locations" where illegal aliens with measles were confirmed to have been.
They include the Halsted #8 CTA Bus on March 4, March 5 and March 11, The CTA Orange Line on March 22, Pace Bus 379 between Midway Airport and Orland Park on March 22, the Walmart Supercenter in Bedford Park on March 22, The Cook County Health Professional Building on Polk & Damen on March 7, Midwest Express Clinic on Damen on March 23, Hubbard High School on March 18 and March 19, Peter Cooper Elementary Dual Language Academy on March 6, and Armour Elementary School on March 4 and March 5.
According to the CDC, there were at total of 113 active measles cases reported nationally as of April 4, 2024. Last April, there was one case reported.
Measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000, meaning "doesn’t continuously spread within the country for more than 12 months at a time and new cases are only found when someone contracts measles abroad and returns to the country," according to the CDC. The recent outbreaks of measles are from the illegal alien community, which has spiked in cities like Chicago in 2024.
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