Measles cases spike to 14,000 in Mongolia
Mongolia’s National Centre for Communicable Diseases on Tuesday announced that 22 new cases of measles infection have been registered over the past 24 hours, bringing the national caseload to 13,989.
The NCCD said in a statement that 56 people remained in the hospital, including five critically ill children.
On December 30, the NCCD said Mongolia’s measles death toll had reached 12 after one more related death was registered.
Therefore, the NCCD advised parents to protect their children from a potentially severe disease by getting them two doses of the measles vaccine.
Measles is a highly contagious viral disease transmitted by respiratory droplets and direct contact.
Common complications include fever, dry cough, runny nose, sore throat, and inflamed eyes. The disease can be prevented by immunisation.
(Xinhua/NAN)
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