Kasserine: high number of people with measles

The governorate of Kasserine has recorded an increase in the number of people infected with measles, whose number of cases reached 200 for the period from early January to Monday evening, of which 95% of children, according to the head of the children from the Kasrin Regional Hospital.

The health official said that "140 infected patients were accommodated in the children's section of the Kasrin Regional Hospital, most of whom left the hospital after their convalescence, to the Except for 16 cases that are still under surveillance ".
He stressed that "health teams taking care of minors control the situation by taking precautions to avoid the remnants of the virus and by providing the necessary care for hospitalized patients and all children appearing in the children's section. showing signs of high fever and rashes ".

"In addition, a preventive vaccination campaign has been conducted among non-immunized children against measles since their birth in many rural areas of the region, with awareness campaigns and sensitization of parents to the need to comply with national immunization schedule and complete them as soon as possible to protect their children from measles residues.

In a related context, he stressed "the need to take the opinion of the Ministry of Health in the form of rashes accompanied by an increase in body temperature and to contact the doctor the most close to check whether the measles virus is present or not, and in the form of a confirmation of the injury should be isolated from the rest of the family and from the school. (school dimensions) for five days , washing your hands with soapy water several times a day, and ventilating the house and providing follow-up and permanent briefing of the patient until recovery.

A single measles death was recorded in a 3-month-old infant with severe respiratory infection. 48 hours after being housed in the pediatric ward of Kasrin Regional Hospital, he was diagnosed with measles, causing his death.