Increase in measles cases calls for increased vaccination efforts by New Jersey providers

Date:3/18/2024
Official Message No.:112029-3-18-2024-PHAD
Contact Info: Susan | Susan.Kehler@doh.nj.gov
Elizabeth | Elizabeth.Zaremski@doh.nj.gov
Attachments: Yes Attachment 1 Attachment 2

The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) Communicable Disease Service would like to remind clinicians to ensure their patients are up to date on all vaccines, especially MMR and especially those planning to travel internationally.

See attached advisory messages from NJDOH Communicable Disease Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding increasing measles cases and the importance of increasing immunization coverage.




This information has been broadcast to: Health Department 201 Wheatsworth ; Local Boards of Health; phensc@njlincs.net; Nurses; Labs; Internist Critical Care; Infectious Disease; Urgent Care Centers; School Nurses;