Since the beginning of 2019, measles has killed 333 people in the Philippines

The number of victims of the measles epidemic in the Philippines since the beginning of 2019 has risen to 333.

According to the Reliance website, which publishes the United Nations, citing the Philippine National Commission for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, 333 people died from the beginning of 2019 to 19 March..

The report revealed the occurrence of 22,967 cases of measles between 1 January 2019 and 19 March, noting that 4 thousand 740 people out of the total number of victims in the Calabarzon region died of 96 people..

The report pointed out that those most affected by the epidemic are children aged four to four..

The Red Cross had previously warned that 3.7 million children under five were at risk of contracting measles.

Measles, a serious and contagious viral disease in children, causes serious complications and is one of the most common childhood diseases.