Chickenpox Outbreak Reported at Chula Vista School

Nine students have been diagnosed with chickenpox at the Dehesa Charter School’s Chula Vista Resource Center, county health officials reported Friday.

The first illness was reported on March 28 and the most recent case was diagnosed on April 25.

The kids diagnosed range in age from 6 to 15 years old, according to a news release from the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency.

Eight of these students were not immunized for varicella (chickenpox) and one child had been vaccinated twice.

Health officials said the school has notified students and staffers about the outbreak.

This is the second chickenpox outbreak reported in a San Diego County school in the past two weeks.

Last week, six students at the San Diego Cooperative Charter School in Linda Vista were diagnosed with chickenpox.

Health officials said there have been 25 cases of chickenpox in San Diego County so far this year.

They recommend two doses of chickenpox vaccine. Kids should be vaccinated first between 12 and 15 months of age and a second time between 4 and 6 years old.

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