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A had died of in West , the first known from an of the that is spreading in the state & in neighboring , ofcls said on Wed.

ofcls in & the TX DSHS said in a statement that the patient was an school-age child who had died in the previous 24 hrs.

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The officials did not release further info, but said that a news conference was planned for Wed afternoon….

At least 124 cases of have been identified in since late Jan, mostly among & teenagers who are either or whose status was unknown, TX ofcls say. 18 have been hospitalized.

is a highly respiratory illness that can be life-threatening to anyone who is not protected against the .

Doctors say the best way to protect against the is with 2 doses of a , which is usually administered to children as a combination measles-mumps-rubella, or , vaccine. 2 doses of the MMR vaccine prevent more than 97% of measles infections, acc/to ofcls.

has also reported an , w/ 9 cases in Lea County, in the southeastern part of the state, on the border. 4 of those cases are …, all of whom are , acc/to Robert Nott, a spox for the NM Dept of Health. None of the cases in NM have led to hospitalizations.

The outbreak comes amid growing concerns among experts about declining rates & the confirmation of , a prominent skeptic, as the nation’s secy.

can be transmitted when an infected person breathes, coughs or sneezes. People who are infected will begin to have symptoms within 1-2 weeks after being exposed. Early symptoms include high fever, cough, runny nose & red, watery eyes. Within a few days, a telltale rash breaks out as flat, red spots on the face & then spreads down the neck & trunk to the rest of the body.