There are now six confirmed cases of measles in Cook County, the Illinois Department of Public Health said Friday.
This comes just one day after two infants who attend a day care facility in Palatine were confirmed to have the virus and three others were pending test results but were pre-diagnosed based on symptoms.
Those cases come on top of an adult case that was confirmed last week.
There so far is no link between the child and adult cases, and there is no link to the multi-state outbreak associated with Disneyland, which as of Thursday had grown to 87 patients.
“The solution to ending measles is simple – get vaccinated,” said Illinois Department of Public Health director Nirav Shah. “The vaccine is 97 percent effective upon receipt of two doses. But the vaccine alone doesn’t provide protection; it is the vaccination that will prevent disease. I urge everyone who is eligible to receive the vaccine to get vaccinated.”
