TIED TO A SINGLE MIGRANT SHELTER. JESSE KIRSCH IS THERE.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT,
CHICAGO OFFICIALS ARE
TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH
AN OUTBREAK OF
MEASLES, HITTING
MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES,
INCLUDING TWO PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
OVERALL, THE CITY
REPORTING 12 CASES IN
JUST ONE WEEK.
TEN OF THOSE
INFECTIONS FOUND HERE
AT A SINGLE CITY
MIGRANT SHELTER.
AT THIS POINT, WOULD
YOU SAY THE SITUATION
IS UNDER CONTROL
>> WELL, MEASLES IS
QUITE CONTAGIOUS, AND
IT SPREADS AMONG THOSE
WHO ARE NOT
VACCINATED
SO WE ARE TRYING TO
GET IT UNDER CONTROL
BY VACCINATING AS MANY
PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE
>> Reporter: CHICAGO’S
COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC
HEALTH SAYS THE CITY
HAS VACCINATED MORE
THAN 900 SHELTER
RESIDENTS, BUT THAT
WAS AFTER THE OUTBREAK
BEGAN.
AND IMMUNIZATION TAKES
TAKES TIME
>> IT TAKES 21 DAYS
FOR THE VACCINES TO
BECOME EFFECTIVE
>> Reporter: THIS
WOMAN IS STAYING AT
THE SHELTER WITH HER
TWO YOUNG CHILDREN
SHE AGREED TO SPEAK
WITH US IF WE
CONCEALED HER
IDENTITY
"THE CONDITIONS ARE
AWFUL," SHE TOLD US.
"THERE IS MORE THAN
300 PEOPLE IN ONE
AREA
WE’RE ALL CRAMMED
TOGETHER."
THE CITY SAYS IT’S
TRYING TO CREATE MORE
SPACE, MOVING FAMILIES
WITH VULNERABLE
PREGNANT WOMEN AND
CHILDREN LESS THAN A
YEAR OLD TO HOTEL
ROOMS.
NATIONWIDE, THE CDC
REPORTS AT LEAST 45
MEASLES CASES COMBINED
ACROSS 17 STATES SO
FAR THIS YEAR.
BUT CHICAGO’S OUTBREAK
UNDERSCORES THAT NEW
MIGRANT ARRIVALS CAN
MEAN NEW PUBLIC HEALTH
CHALLENGES
MANY HERE COME FROM
VENEZUELA, WHICH HAS A
LOW MEASLES
VACCINATION RATE
CHICAGO’S MAYOR SAYS
DON’T BLAME THE
MIGRANTS
>> THEY DIDN’T BRING
ILLNESS.
IN FACT, MIGRANTS ARE
MORE VULNERABLE TO THE
EXISTING INFECTIOUS
DISEASES THAT WE
ALREADY HAVE HERE.
>> Reporter: CHICAGO
SAYS IT’S ALSO
OFFERING VACCINES
RIGHT HERE AT THE