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Measles outbreak in Bintulu division
May 25, 2018, Friday Samuel Aubrey
KUCHING: There is now a measles outbreak in Bintulu division, and among the causes cited was that patients had never received anti measles-vaccination.
Sarawak Health Director Dr Jamilah Hashim said that as of May 21, there are already 48 measles cases since April 13 this year.
The cases were confirmed following lab tests.
The outbreak affected eight areas including housing areas, a workers? quarters at a sawmill and a kindergarten.
Twenty of these cases involved children aged seven years old and below.
?Of the 48 cases confirmed so far, 43 cases or 89.58 percent have not received vaccination because they are aged less than six months, six cases or 13.9 percent never received vaccination, while the other 25 cases or 58.1 percent had unknown immunisation status,? she said in a statement today...
Measles outbreak in Bintulu division
May 25, 2018, Friday Samuel Aubrey
KUCHING: There is now a measles outbreak in Bintulu division, and among the causes cited was that patients had never received anti measles-vaccination.
Sarawak Health Director Dr Jamilah Hashim said that as of May 21, there are already 48 measles cases since April 13 this year.
The cases were confirmed following lab tests.
The outbreak affected eight areas including housing areas, a workers? quarters at a sawmill and a kindergarten.
Twenty of these cases involved children aged seven years old and below.
?Of the 48 cases confirmed so far, 43 cases or 89.58 percent have not received vaccination because they are aged less than six months, six cases or 13.9 percent never received vaccination, while the other 25 cases or 58.1 percent had unknown immunisation status,? she said in a statement today...
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