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Measles spreads through rebel-held south Syria after two years without vaccinations
Jun. 5, 2017
AMMAN: A measles outbreak in opposition-held regions of southern Syria has infected nearly 150, mostly newborns and young children, because of a two-year absence of vaccinations, two doctors who are treating the outbreak told Syria Direct.
The doctors documented 60 measles infections in the rebel-held Daraa countryside and 70 cases in adjacent, opposition-controlled Quneitra province in the month of May alone, Dr. Yarub a-Zouabi, a pediatrician in the eastern Daraa countryside, told Syria Direct...
Measles spreads through rebel-held south Syria after two years without vaccinations
Jun. 5, 2017
AMMAN: A measles outbreak in opposition-held regions of southern Syria has infected nearly 150, mostly newborns and young children, because of a two-year absence of vaccinations, two doctors who are treating the outbreak told Syria Direct.
The doctors documented 60 measles infections in the rebel-held Daraa countryside and 70 cases in adjacent, opposition-controlled Quneitra province in the month of May alone, Dr. Yarub a-Zouabi, a pediatrician in the eastern Daraa countryside, told Syria Direct...