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Indonesia Sees Surge in Measles Cases in 2022
BY :JAYANTY NADA SHOFAJANUARY 20, 2023
Jakarta. Indonesia saw a surge in measles cases in 2022, as the number of new infections rose by a whopping thirty-twofold last year compared to 2021 levels.
The Health Ministry recently reported that Indonesia had logged 3,341 measles cases across 31 provinces throughout 2022.
“Indonesia saw 32 times the number of measles cases in 2021, during which we had 132 cases,” Prima Yosephine, the ministry’s acting director for immunization at the Health Ministry, told a virtual press conference on Friday.
The government attributed the rising infections to the sluggish immunization campaign amid the Covid-19 pandemic, as the country turned its attention to keeping coronavirus at bay. About 58 percent of the confirmed measles cases in 2022 have had no prior immunization....
Indonesia Sees Surge in Measles Cases in 2022
BY :JAYANTY NADA SHOFAJANUARY 20, 2023
Jakarta. Indonesia saw a surge in measles cases in 2022, as the number of new infections rose by a whopping thirty-twofold last year compared to 2021 levels.
The Health Ministry recently reported that Indonesia had logged 3,341 measles cases across 31 provinces throughout 2022.
“Indonesia saw 32 times the number of measles cases in 2021, during which we had 132 cases,” Prima Yosephine, the ministry’s acting director for immunization at the Health Ministry, told a virtual press conference on Friday.
The government attributed the rising infections to the sluggish immunization campaign amid the Covid-19 pandemic, as the country turned its attention to keeping coronavirus at bay. About 58 percent of the confirmed measles cases in 2022 have had no prior immunization....