mo4ch:>Measles outbreak set to smash 10-year yearly record in first months of 2019 | Mo4ch News

Fines of $1,000, public space lockouts, school shutdowns and other drastic measures have failed to stop a measles outbreak in the US. Four months into this year, 626 cases have been registered and the record for one year is 667.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Monday that the current measles outbreak in the US is on course to become the biggest since the highly infectious disease was formally eradicated in the country in 2000.Also on rt.comUS judge rejects parents’ challenge to NYC mandatory measles vaccine order“In the coming weeks, 2019 confirmed case numbers will likely surpass 2014 levels,” the CDC said. Five years ago, there was a spike in the number of measles cases, which reached 667 by the end of the year. However, the 2014 outbreak is no match for the current one. Since the beginning of this year, 626 cases have been confirmed, and the disease shows no sign of stopping. Seventy-one new cases were registered last week.New York state has become the har…