HER NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.
ACCORDING TO THE CITY FIRE
DEPARTMENT, SEVEN PEOPLE OF THE
RESIDENTS, ONLY ONE WAS HOME AT
THE TIME OF THE FIRE.
THE CAUSE OF THE BLAZE IS UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
THE LARGEST MEASLES
OUTBREAK OFFICIALLY IS OVER.
OFFICIALS SAY THEY STOP THE
SPREAD OF THE VIRUS WHICH
PEAKED IN MAY.
SUSAN-ELIZABETH LITTLEFIELD
EXPLAINS HOW OFFICIALS WERE
ABLE TO HELP THE STATE GO FROM
79 CASES TO ZERO.
THE IMAGES MAKE MANY CRINGE.
BUT THIS RASH, THIS VIRUS WAS
REALITY FOR 79 MINNESOTA
FAMILIES.
MOST OF THEM, SOMALI FAMILIES.
THERE IS NO OTHER WAY OF
PREVENTING MEASLES UNLESS YOU
DO A VACCINATION.
Reporter: THE SOMALI
AMERICAN DOCTOR MADE THE PLEA
FOR PEOPLE TO GET THEIR KIDS
VACCINATED.
SOMETHING MANY ARE AFRAID TO
DO.
THE DEPARTMENT UPHELD ALSO
WORKED WITH CHICK OR, GETTING
THE FAITH COMMUNITY INVOLVED,
EXPLAINING HOW SERIOUS THE
OUTBREAK WAS.
-- WORKED WITH IMAMS, GETTING
THE FAITH COMMUNITY INVOLVED,
EXPLAINING HOW SERIOUS THE
OUTBREAK WAS.
WE HAVE COME HERE TO
ANNOUNCE THAT THE MEASLES
OUTBREAK IS OFFICIALLY OVER.
Reporter: THE GROUP SAYS
THEY GOT MAJOR HELP FROM
DAYCARE AND SCHOOL LEADERS TO
FIGURE OUT WHICH KIDS WERE
EXPOSED.
THEY ALSO HAD SOMALI LEADERS
SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT VACCINES.
AND THEY LISTENED.
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND
SYSTEMS STEPPED UP TO HELP
IMMUNIZE PATIENTS.
HOSPITALS PROVIDED CARE TO 22
PEOPLE, MOSTLY CHILDREN, WHO
WERE HOSPITALIZED WITH
COMPLICATIONS OF MEASLES.
Reporter: THE PROBLEM IS NOT
OVER BUT FOR NOW, IT IS
CONTAINED.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS
OUTBREAK SHOULD NOT HAVE
HAPPENED BUT IT DID.
THANKFULLY, WE CAN NOW SAY IT
IS OVER.
