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Measles strikes Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox community

By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent

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An outbreak of measles in Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox community has taken 40 victims, mostly children, the Health Ministry says.

Two Londoners, who were guests at a wedding about six weeks ago, may have been the carriers of the contagious virus. Measles is spread through the air (contact with fluids from an infected person's nose and mouth, either directly or through a sneeze), and is highly contagious. Symptoms include high fever, coughing, runny nose, inflammation and a rash all over the body.

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ost of the ultra-Orthodox families refrain from vaccinating their children against measles despite Health Ministry attempts to persuade them to do so.

"Many families don't inoculate their children for religious reasons and adamantly refuse to consider it," a senior Health Ministry official said.

"The present outbreak has been contained to some extent, but the situation is still problematic," he said.

The Health Ministry issued a circular with detailed instructions on how to reduce the disease's spreading, including vaccinating children.

Health Ministry workers have recently visited Jerusalem's utlra-Orthodox neighborhoods in an attempt to vaccinate children, but with limited success.

"There are entire groups [of utlra-Orthodox people] who refuse to get a vaccination for various reasons. We asked rabbis to help us to persuade them but they refused," a senior Health Ministry official said.

The ministry has advised health-care workers who come into contact with measles patients to be vaccinated after a nurse who treated patients ill with the disease contracted it. Such workers should get the triple vaccination against measles, German measles and mumps, the ministry said.

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1.	When Common Sense Takes a (Permanent) Holiday	03:06	\|	Ploni	09/10/07

2.	this is for your hatred against gays	03:32	\|	alan	09/10/07

3.	measles	03:40	\|	Elaine Goldstein	09/10/07

4.	SURVIAL	03:40	\|	TOBIA	09/10/07

5.	Religious Reasons???	04:10	\|	Avi	09/10/07

6.	# 1 ploni	04:36	\|	judith	09/10/07

7.	The article must be ommiting something....	04:39	\|	Tom	09/10/07

8.	Whatever goes around coees around	04:46	\|	realism	09/10/07

9.	Disgraceful joy over the death of children	06:26	\|	Rachel	09/10/07

10.	Immunizations	06:30	\|	Aidel	09/10/07

11.	This disease kills	06:49	\|	Survived Measles B`H	09/10/07

12.	Re #5	07:05	\|	Sharon	09/10/07

13.	Religious reasons? No shred of evidence.	07:08	\|	dov epstein	09/10/07

14.	vague journalism	07:40	\|	eli	09/10/07

15.	This is a load of lies	08:06	\|	Former Journalist	09/10/07

16.	Measles vaccination	08:58	\|	Ali	09/10/07

17.	Haredi	09:14	\|	Jacob	09/10/07

18.	This is a lie. Period.	09:34	\|	Jak Black	09/10/07

19.	#14	09:37	\|	Aidel	09/10/07

20.	Deliberately Misleading Article	09:41	\|	D Hirod	09/10/07

21.	I am a innoculated hasid	09:53	\|	Sam	09/10/07

22.	Innoculated Hasid	10:00	\|	Sam	09/10/07

23.	RE: Re: #5	19:21	\|	Avi	09/10/07

24.	#5 Avi: You have it all wrong	16:44	\|	Aaron	10/10/07

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