Oglala Sioux Tribe sends measles alert after case in border county
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Officials on the Pine Ridge Reservation have sent an alert for Oglala Sioux Tribe members about Nebraska's first confirmed case of measles.
On Tuesday, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services confirmed a measles case in Sheridan County, which is the Nebraska county directly south of Pine Ridge in South Dakota.
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The Nebraska alert said, 'The patient is an appropriately vaccinated child with no out-of-state travel history.'
Individuals present at the following public locations may have been exposed to measles and should visit and fill out the risk assessment survey.
Family Dollar in Rushville, Nebraska, from 9 a.m. to noon on May 17
Gordon Clinic in Gordon, Nebraska, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 21
The OST alert said 'your child can catch the Measles easily and its spreads quick. Contact your local IHS to find out if your child are caught up on the vaccinations.'
In South Dakota, State Epidemiologist Joshua Clayton told KELOLAND News earlier this month that South Dakota's MMR vaccination rate is trailing behind the national average.
'We have decreased to the point where we had been almost very close to the national average and now, we're starting to dip a little bit below that national average,' Clayton said.
The last measles outbreak in South Dakota was in 2015 with about eight to 10 cases.
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