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 61 "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 cases of the measles are declining in the city after three new confirmed cases in the last week.
The dashboard reported that 33 of the measles cases are children 0-4 years old, seven are children 5-17 years old, 19 are adults 18-49 years old and 2 are 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 CVS Pharmacy on Lincoln Ave on April 3, the Midwest Express Clinic on Adams St. from April 5-8, the CVS Pharmacy on Clark St. on April 8, and the Target (Chicago South Loop) on Clark St. on April 8. These are in addition to March exposure locations
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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