Shelter conditions, measles have migrants ‘on edge’: volunteer
(NewsNation) — A measles outbreak inside Chicago’s largest migrant shelter has residents living in the facility on edge, anxious about potentially getting sick while in reportedly “unlivable” conditions, according to a shelter volunteer.
Health officials have reported 53 measles cases in and around Chicago, the majority in the shelter in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. It’s home to 1,256 migrants, according to a city spokesperson.
Maria Perez, who volunteers at the shelter five days a week with the Southwest Collective, said that as cases continue to rise — not only in Chicago but around the United States — so does the level of concern among the new arrivals living at the facility.
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“They’re in this predicament – they don’t know anything, what goes on here, they don’t know our resources,” Perez told NewsNation. “If they get (measles), they don’t know what long-term effect there will be on their child, or what long-term effect there would be on an adult.”
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