Kasserine: 92 confirmed cases of measles



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  • 2019/02/15 20:19
Kasserine: 92 confirmed cases of measles

The regional health director in Kasserine, Abdul Ghani al-Shaabani, said that the Kasserine Regional Hospital had registered 187 measles cases since early January and samples had been taken and tested. laboratory at Nicole University Hospital. 92 cases were confirmed. The virus, take precautions about them and put them in the shelter in the children's ward of the regional hospital in a special wing.

Al-Sha & Bani explained that all patients who have not received measles vaccine and have left the hospital after their convalescence, with the exception of 7 cases still under surveillance, only one case of measles, a 3-month-old infant with acute respiratory infection. And appeared after 48 hours of accommodation of children at the regional hospital, measles symptoms, which caused his death.

He added that the daily operations of cantonment and departure of measles patients to the pediatric hospital of Kasrin Regional Hospital, and that health facilities in the region had not been recorded according to the number of people infected, reported that all people with measles in the region had not been vaccinated against the virus and therefore constituted a vaccination campaign against him. Many rural areas.

Al-Shaabani called on all parents who had not practiced this vaccination and their children to go to the nearest health center as soon as possible, in addition to complying with the Ministry of Health's recommendations. case of rash and fever. The rest of the family, the school environment for five days from the beginning of the rash, washing hands with water and soap several times a day, the use paper tissues for coughing and sneezing, masks and constant heating of houses for half an hour a day.

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