Malaysia: 2018 Measles

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Source: http://www.theborneopost.com/2018/05/25/measles-outbreak-in-bintulu-division/


Measles outbreak in Bintulu division
May 25, 2018, Friday Samuel Aubrey

KUCHING: There is now a measles outbreak in Bintulu division, and among the causes cited was that patients had never received anti measles-vaccination.

Sarawak Health Director Dr Jamilah Hashim said that as of May 21, there are already 48 measles cases since April 13 this year.

The cases were confirmed following lab tests.

The outbreak affected eight areas including housing areas, a workers? quarters at a sawmill and a kindergarten.

Twenty of these cases involved children aged seven years old and below.

?Of the 48 cases confirmed so far, 43 cases or 89.58 percent have not received vaccination because they are aged less than six months, six cases or 13.9 percent never received vaccination, while the other 25 cases or 58.1 percent had unknown immunisation status,? she said in a statement today...

 

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Source: https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2018/06/383768/measles-cases-rise-health-ministry


Measles cases on the rise - Health Ministry
By Azura Abas
June 25, 2018 @ 12:41pm
Azura Abas

PUTRAJAYA: Health authorities are concerned by the high number of measles cases with a 22.3 per cent increase compared to the first five months last year.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this in a statement which he had posted on his Facebook account.

?Until May 31 this year, there are 724 cases of measles nationwide compared to 592 cases for the same period last year.

?For the period between September 2017 and February 2018, Malaysia ranks 10th place for countries with the highest number of measles cases after the Philippines and China,? he said after chairing a meeting with senior health management officers including state health directors.

The main contributor to the rising number of measles cases was due to low MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) immunisation coverage, he added.

Dr Noor Hisham said in 2016, the MMR immunisation coverage on 12-month-old babies stood at 94.37 per cent and it dropped to 92.08 per cent in 2017, adding the 2017 data was still preliminary...