Cabo San Lucas: Vaccination card not required to enroll children in Baja California Sur schools
Alicia Meza Osuna, secretary of Education in Baja California Sur, clarified that parents do not need to present a complete vaccination card to enroll children in basic education schools, even as recent cases in cabo san lucas have led officials to apply targeted sanitary measures.
Cabo San Lucas at the center of recent measures
Health and education authorities have moved to apply specific sanitary steps after what has been described as a second case of measles in Cabo San Lucas activated prevention efforts across Baja California Sur. The second confirmed case in Cabo San Lucas is the immediate event prompting those local measures.
How rules differ from the 1990s
Meza Osuna contrasted current practice with the 1990s, when the Secretaría de Salud (SSA) and the Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP) required that minors be protected against measles, poliomyelitis, rubella, tetanus, diphtheria and tuberculosis before entering preschool or primary school. Today, she emphasized, presenting the full vaccination scheme is not a prerequisite for attendance at school.
What the education secretary said
"No es requisito para inscribir a las niñas y niños en la escuela que presenten la cartilla de vacunación, " Meza Osuna said, adding that under normal circumstances parents do not need to provide vaccination proof to register their children in the state's schools. She noted that the exception is an emergency sanitary situation, which is when targeted measures can be applied.
Symptoms officials urge parents to watch for
Health authorities have reiterated the importance of seeking care at a medical unit if children show signs that could indicate measles or another contagious illness. The list of symptoms they highlighted includes:
- Fever
- Cough
- Runny nose
- Conjunctivitis
- White spots on the cheeks
- Skin rashes
Officials asked families to visit a health facility to receive timely professional attention if any of these symptoms appear.
Local reporting background
The note accompanying the clarification includes a brief reporter biography: the writer is a communicator and reporter with more than 10 years of experience in national and local media, holds a degree in Communication Sciences from the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara (UAG), joined CPS Media one year ago, and currently leads a morning news program and the show Panorama Turístico.
What’s next
Plans for broader changes to enrollment requirements or an updated statewide vaccination mandate are unclear in the provided context. Officials have confirmed that targeted sanitary measures are being applied chiefly in response to the second measles case in Cabo San Lucas and that families should seek medical evaluation for the symptoms listed above.
