The Public Health Directorate of the Canary Islands Health Service (SCS) 21 confirmed cases related to measles outbreak The first cases were reported on the island of La Palma on October 20, with three people.
The 7 new cases apply to: 5 adults on La Palma, 2 adults on Gran Canaria. At the moment, all the infected people have mild symptoms and are doing well. These new cases are in addition to those previously confirmed through surveillance and tracing efforts, the ministry detailed in a note.
The first three correspond to the case Vaccination age indexThat means a health care worker over 12 months of age and an unvaccinated minor were together in an enclosed space. Monitoring and tracing efforts the following day confirmed additional associated cases. One of the cases was a case reported in Tenerife several days before the outbreak was detected, after monitoring studies confirmed an epidemiological link to the index case of the La Palma outbreak.
Evaluation, monitoring and control
Since the Directorate General of Public Health became aware of the allegations, safety protocols have been activated, in constant communication and coordination with the Health Services Management Department of the La Palma Health District. Contact assessment, monitoring and control This is to try to curb the spread of the disease. In this context, it is recalled that appropriate follow-up continues to be carried out on those who have come into contact with confirmed cases.
In the Canary Islands in 2024, 7 itemsFive of the cases were related to imports or cases from outside the island, and two cases had unknown causes. Registered in 2025 two casesone is imported and the other is unknown. In addition, two other vaccine cases have occurred as side effects after administering the vaccine. In both cases, the disease had mild symptoms and the minors had no complications.
The Directorate General of Public Health emphasizes the importance of two doses of measles vaccine included in the immunization schedule in order to achieve individualized immunization and avoid infection of people who cannot receive the vaccine for any reason.
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