Amid measles outbreak in India, WHO warns ‘a measles patient can infect 18 others’
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26 November, 2022 02:21 pm IST
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Amid the recent measles outbreak in India and abroad, the World Health Organisation (WHO) ON Friday asserted saying that a single case can lead to 12 to 18 infections.
As the situation is getting worse this season, the UN health agency pointed out that the wrath of the virus was equally severe last year. The spread of measles is higher than that of Covid-19. In the case of Covid-19, one infected person use to transmit the disease to 3-4 persons. However, the R-Naught in measles is more severe as it can infect 12-15 persons.
Meanwhile, in Mumbai, eight new cases of measles were detected yesterday taking the cumulative total to 260 in the island city. The health department has said that around 13 children have died due to measles in Mumbai alone. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials have notified that reported cases of measles are increasing in the city and accordingly, they have identified Mumbai East and a few other parts as ‘high-risk’ areas.
Apart from Mumbai, several other states are also seeing a significant rise in cases.
World Health Organisation also identifies ‘lack of vaccination’ as the root cause for the sudden measles outbreak worldwide. It cited in a recent report, A record high of nearly 40 million children missed a measles vaccine dose in 2021 due to hurdles created by the COVID pandemic. In a recent release, WHO said, in 2021, there were an estimated 9 million cases and 128 000 deaths from measles worldwide. Twenty-two countries experienced large and disruptive outbreaks.
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