50 adults, 12 children test positive for chickenpox at Tijuana migrant shelter
by: Salvador Rivera
Posted: Aug 25, 2023 / 04:26 PM CDT
Updated: Aug 25, 2023 / 04:27 PM CDT
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — Fifty adults and 12 children at the Agape migrant shelter in Tijuana have tested positive for chickenpox, said Albert Rivera, the facility’s director who worries the 118 other children are in need of vaccinations against the disease.
The 50 adults are being quarantined after the state of Baja California health personnel visited the facility to teach the migrants how to prevent a larger outbreak.
But Rivera says, “What they really need are vaccinations.”
Earlier this week, Rivera and some of the migrants from the shelter held a demonstration outside the U.S. Consulate in Tijuana demanding help in obtaining vaccines to prevent migrants from missing their immigration interviews at the border.
https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/migrant-centers/50-adults-12-children-test-positive-for-chickenpox-at-tijuana-migrant-shelter/
