The Department of Public Health said Monday the measles outbreak reported earlier this spring in the northeastern region of Illinois is over. [Health News Illinois]

“I applaud all of the public health, healthcare, emergency management and social service staffers who worked so diligently to cooperate across jurisdictional lines to contain this measles outbreak,” Director Dr. Sameer Vohra said in a statement. “Public health is a team sport founded on partnership, and this was no better exemplified than during this recent outbreak.”

No new cases have been reported in the region in 42 days, or two full incubation periods.

A total of 67 cases were reported during the outbreak, with 57 of those cases connected to a shelter for asylum seekers in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. Other cases were reported in suburban Cook County, as well as DuPage, Lake and Will counties.

IDPH’s announcement follows a similar one made last week by the Chicago Department of Public Health.

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