The Ministry of Health is advising all travellers to Guyana experiencing a fever, rash and other flu-like symptoms, persons who have been in contact with visitors exhibiting those symptoms and those who have not had two doses of MMR vaccines to visit the nearest health centre to check for measles.
The ministry is advising the public to take these precautions as part of intense efforts it is undertaking to prevent the reintroduction of measles into Guyana, following a recent outbreak in the USA and in other countries.
According to a press release, indigenous measles and rubella were eliminated from Guyana and the Americas in
