Overview
- A one-year-old in Jerusalem's Shmuel HaNavi neighborhood was found unresponsive, resuscitated by United Hatzalah medics, and transported to Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital, which later reported the child had died.
- The hospital said it has not yet verified measles as the cause of death.
- United Hatzalah medics said the toddler had contracted measles several days earlier, and psychotrauma teams assisted at the scene.
- Experts now report fourteen pediatric deaths in Israel during the current winter outbreak, following earlier official counts of ten in Jerusalem, one in Beit Shemesh, and two in Tiberias.
- Health officials list multiple high-risk municipalities, including Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh, Bnei Brak, Modi’in Illit, Nof HaGalil, Kiryat Gat, Netivot, Mateh Binyamin, Beitar Illit, Tiberias, Safed, Petah Tikva, with Lod and Hatzor HaGlilit recently added.