Measles cases on the rise since start of the year

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The number of measles cases since the start of the year is more than three times that of the same period last year, but no deaths have been reported, said the Ministry of Health (MOH). In the first 11 weeks of the year, there were 38 cases of measles, compared with 11 cases...

Measles vaccination is compulsory by law for all children living here, while the National Adult Immunisation Schedule also recommends it for people who have not been vaccinated.

Children made up 14 of the cases. Nine were infants who had not been given the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, and five, aged one to 10 years old, had missed their vaccinations.The ministry said that the majority of people who had measles since 2015 - for the first 11 weeks - were infected locally.

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