Measles outbreak affects Mahottari

MAHOTTARI, June 28: Out break of Measles has badly affected Sikwakataiya VDC in Mahottari district.



The disease has affected more than 400 children of ward no. 2, 3 and 4 in the VDC at the same time.[break]



Majority of the population belongs to Muslim community in the VDC. The disease has affected mostly the children of age 1-5 years. Two months ago, too, the disease was seen on five children in the VDC but now it has affected 80 per cent children in the village.



According to social worker Yunus Ansari, the VDC is being scared stiff from the disease after the epidemic of the disease was seen in the VDC and the access of the vaccine against measles could not reach in the VDC. Ministry of Health and Population has run a programme to provide vaccine against measles at free cost.



Health worker Ram Pratap Mandal said that among the disease-affected children, 80 per cent were deprived from the vaccine.

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