Children and young people are the majority of measles patients in the country, where a case is confirmed every two hours, reports the SSA
After that Canada lost it this week, Mexico is the second country in danger of losing measles-free statusthen it accumulates 5,019 confirmed cases of this disease, just 90 less than the 5,109 Canadiansin this 2025according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
The OPS announced on Monday, November 10, 2025 that Canada lost his title measles free country because once again there is endemic transmission, that is, the virus has been circulating for at least 12 months, and consequently, America lost the same statusqIt only recovered in 2024after he temporarily lost it in 2018 (for confirmed cases in Venezuela) and 2019 (in Brazil).
By announcing this setback, the OPS He highlighted that from January 1 as of Friday, November 7 (week 44), 2025 they have already registered 12,596 confirmed cases of measles in ten countries in America, a 30-fold increase compared to the 407 confirmed in the same period of 2024.
Canada, Mexico and the United States account for 95% of the 12,596 confirmed cases of measles and, furthermore, 28 people have already died from this disease in the Americas: 23 in Mexicothree in EU and two in Canadahighlighted the OPS.
According to the OPSthe three North American countries are the largest red hot spot for measles in the region.
Mexico, second country with the most measles in America
In its report of November 10, the OPS He did not specify the figures for each country. However, in its most recent biweekly report, on Friday October 31reported that there was 12,317 confirmed cases of measles in nine American countries until the week 42 of 2025.
The countries where there is a health emergency due to measles in 2025 are the following:
1) Canadacon 5,109 confirmed cases until week 42 (as of October 18) 2025I mean, 61.5 times los 83 confirmed in the same period of 2024. The country does not report to the OPS their suspicious cases.
2) Mexicocon 5,019 Confirmed cases until S42 of 2025, a figure that is equivalent to 717 times the seven confirmed patients in the same period of 2024. Furthermore, the country accumulates 12,080 suspected measles casesan increase of 2.8 times in relation to the 3,106 from a year ago.
3) USAcon 1,614 confirmed cases until October 7, 2025, that is, six times the 267 confirmed to October 10, 2024. In addition to the lag in its numbers, it does not report its suspected cases.
4) Bolivia, con 413 confirmed cases and 2,217 probable until S42 of 2025; a year earlier it had three confirmed and 2,217 suspects.
5) Paraguaycon 46 confirmed patients and 1,558 suspectsagainst the zero confirmed and 903 probable that it had in S42 of 2024.
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6) The subregion of Latin Caribbeancon 41 confirmed cases and 448 suspectswhile in S42 of 2024 it had two confirmed and 210 probable.
7) Brazil accumulate 35 confirmed cases and 3,289 suspects until S42 of 2025, against the two confirmed and 1,909 probable from 12 months earlier.
8) Argentina also has 35 confirmedbut 144 suspectsagainst the 12 confirmed and 398, respectively, of S42 of 2024.
9) Peru It is another focus of measles, with four confirmed cases and 618 suspects until S42 of 2025; a year ago it had two and 486 respectively.
According to the OPS13 other American countries have suspected cases of measles and zero confirmed ones. Venezuelacon 1,624; Cubawith 1,569, and El Salvador, with 961, they are the leading shortlist, up to S42 of 2025.
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Uruguaysays the OPSis the only oasis in America, as it has no suspected or confirmed cases of measles; Its last confirmed case dates back to week 7 of 2020.
A case of measles is confirmed in Mexico every two hours
In turn, the Ministry of Health (SSA) of Mexico informs that in 2025until yesterday November 12there was 5,252 confirmed cases of measles and 12,532 probable in 27 of the 32 states of the country; In addition, the figure of 23 deaths for this evil.
This Wednesday November 12 they registered 11 confirmed cases (seven in Guerrerotwo in Jaliscoone in Chihuahua and one in State of Mexico), and 67 probablepoints out the SSA.
According to these official figures, on average, In the country there is a case of measles every two hours and, every hour, three patients with symptoms of this viral disease consult with a doctor.
The figures of the OPS and the SSA They also reveal thatMeasles cases increased 2.8% in five daysgoing from 5,109 to 5,252 from November 7 to 12. Yeswith 143 new patients, an average of 28 or 29 confirmed patients per day.
Measles in the Yucatan Peninsula
Likewise, the SSA informs that there is 17 confirmed cases of measles in the Yucatecan Peninsula for weeks and until November 12: 14 in Campeche, two in Quintana Roo y one in Yucatan.
Additionally there is 229 probable cases: 97 in Campeche74 in Quintana Roo and 58 in Yucatan. yesterday alone two patients with measles symptoms consulted a doctor in the peninsula, one in each state, except Yucatán.
Both the OPS like the SSA They call for the population to be vaccinated because, they indicate, measles patients had not received any dose or had not completed the vaccination schedule.
In Mexico, Most measles patients are children aged 1-4 years. (1,334 confirmed cases, 25.3% of the total), followed by young people from 25 to 29 years old (630 cases, 12%) and 20-24 years old (536 cases, 10.2%). By gender, 51.5% of cases are women and 48.5%, men, detail the SSA.