MEASLES OUTBREAK

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• IAP updates rules on child immunisation post-COVID-19 pandemic

  In view of the dramatic drop in regular immunisation drives and the unpredictable outbreak of measles and rubella cases, IAP released new guidelines for regular vaccination drives. In addition, IAP also released a manual for standardising treatment for 150 common conditions affecting child health.

  

• Govt: 40 kids killed, 10,000 affected by measles this year; Maharashtra worst hit

  Officials in the health ministry said some of the cases and deaths reported are not laboratory confirmed but have been included in the list as the clinical symptoms of patients were similar to those with the disease and they were residing in areas with high burden of the disease.

  

• Vaccination of kids to soon be tracked by portal

  The need for the digital record was felt during the ongoing measles outbreak in Mumbai when community health workers had to go from door to door in the hotspots to locate children who missed their measles shot due to the lockdown imposed during the initial days of the pandemic.

  

• Mumbai: 5-month-old boy succumbs to measles, toll rises to nine; tally now 475

  Of the 5,293 children in 6-9 months age group in 21 health posts, where measles count in this segment was more than 10 per cent of lab confirmed cases, zero dose of MR vaccine was administered to 1,331 children.

  

• Aurangabad civic body asks schools, private hospitals to notify measles cases

  The civic authorities appealed to the parents to vaccinate their children against measles and also added that free doses were available at all AMC-run health centres and government hospitals.

  

• Extra dose for four lakh children in Maharashtra’s measles-hit hotspots as 1 more infant dies

  The state government has decided that children from 56 blocks in the state, including Mumbai, which is currently witnessing an increased transmission, will be given the extra shot.

  

• Measles now an imminent global threat due to pandemic, say WHO and CDC

  A record high of nearly 40 million children missed a measles vaccine dose in 2021 due to hurdles created by the COVID pandemic, the WHO and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a joint report.

  

• Mumbai struggles with measles outbreak; lack of vaccination, poor living conditions to blame, say health officials

  Poor living conditions, big family sizes, lack of proper health services, sanitation facilities and nutrition, poor immunity, missed vaccine doses and reluctance for the inoculation are some of the major reasons for the outbreak of the disease in the city, they told the media agency.

  

• Mumbai: D8 strain of measles behind outbreak; 1 suspected death

  The outbreak is mainly in unvaccinated pockets, where severity has been compounded by associated factors of nutrition, hygiene and living conditions. The symptoms are classical, including fever and rash, and there appears to be no change: Dr Pradeep Awate

  

• Zimbabwe says measles outbreak has killed 700 children

  The ministry said 37 of the deaths occurred on a single day on September 1. The health ministry said it had recorded 6,291 cases by September 4.

  

• Zimbabwe measles outbreak death toll rises to 685 - health ministry

  Primarily children aged between six months and 15 years were succumbing to the disease, especially those from religious sects who do not believe in vaccination, the country's information minister Monica Mutsvangwa