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Chicken pox reported in Winfield Kansas schools

Chicken pox reported in Winfield schools

City-Cowley County Health Department and USD 465 are cooperating on a response to several reported cases of chicken pox (varicella) in school-aged children in Winfield. In past years, chicken pox has been considered a rite of passage for children. Chicken pox is now considered a vaccine preventable disease.

As of Thursday, the only reported cases have been in elementary students, but with a 10-21 day incubation period, older siblings may begin to develop chicken pox over the next few weeks as well.

Children with chicken pox are most contagious before they develop symptoms which may include a rash, fever, mild cough, runny nose, or headache. Chicken pox is spread by direct contact with the rash or through the air from an infected person’s coughing or sneezing.

All children entering kindergarten were recommended to have had two doses of the chicken pox vaccine.

The recommended two-dose vaccine does not prevent chicken pox in all cases but children who have had both vaccinations are three times less likely to get chicken pox than those who have had only one dose. The vaccine almost always prevents severe cases of chicken pox, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

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Students Diagnosed With Chicken Pox In Lincoln Maine

Three more students have been identified as having chickenpox, and as many as five unvaccinated students were barred from classes Thursday in SAD 67.

Six Mattanawcook Academy, Mattanawcook Junior High and Ella P. Burr Elementary School students have been diagnosed with the mild but very contagious disease, Superintendent Michael Marcinkus said.

Officials sent a letter to parents seeking student vaccination records or medical histories. Students who can’t show they have been vaccinated or had the chickenpox might be barred from school for 16 days, as required by state law. School officials are considering a temporary inoculation program, but if that happens, it won’t occur until next week, the superintendent said.

“The health and safety of all students and employees is our main concern,” Marcinkus said Thursday.

The outbreak was discovered Wednesday among three siblings — two at Burr, one at Mattanawcook Junior High. One case was discovered at school, while the others were identified later, Marcinkus said.

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