Measles claims 7 children in Adamawa

Dr Bwalki Dilli, Director, Public Health, in the state Ministry of Health said this while speaking with our correspondents on Wednesday in Yola.
Dilli said that a report from Executive Secretary of the LG Primary Healthcare Authority, revealed that 25 children were infected with the disease.
“Out of 25 suspected measles cases from Fufore LGA, seven were childen were confirmed dead.
“Right from February there had been pockets of suspected measles cases across five LGAs in the state including Fufore,” he said.
Dilli said that following intensive investigation, the areas affected were discovered to have had a history of rejecting routine immunisation.
He said adequate measures had been put in place to curtail further spread of the disease.
Measles is a viral infection commonly among children but is easily preventable through administration of doses of vaccine.
The disease spread through the air by respiratory droplets produced from coughing or sneezing