Officials with Israel’s Ministry of Health said a 43-year-old flight attendant for the national airline El Al contracted measles. She had flown to Israel from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.
By Lindsey Bever Lindsey Bever General assignment reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow April 17 at 5:43 PM Public health officials in Israel are urging crew members on national air carriers to ensure they have received the proper dosage of the measles vaccine after a flight attendant contracted the deadly disease, possibly in New York.
Itamar Grotto, associate director general of the ministry, told CNN that the woman has been “in a deep coma for 10 days, and we’re now just hoping for the best.” El Al said in a statement to the Jerusalem Post that it “operates according to the Health Ministry guidelines.” The Washington Post’s Lena H. Sun reported the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends children receive two doses of the MMR vaccine — the first at 12 to 15 months of age and the second at 4 to 6 years of age. People born between 1957 and 1989 generally only had one MMR dose. One dose is about 93 percent effective at preventing measles, but anyone in that age group can still get a second dose, says Russell Faust, medical director for Michigan’s Oakland County health department.
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