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Zambia: Suspected measles break out at Mpelembe Secondary School- Rubella confirmed

Shiloh

Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://www.lusakatimes.com/2012/10/22/suspected-measles-break-mpelembe-secondary-school/

Suspected measles break out at Mpelembe Secondary School
TIME PUBLISHED - Monday, October 22, 2012, 4:56 am

Suspected measles has broken out at Mpelembe Secondary School in Kitwe on the Copperbelt.

This has forced school authorities to send home pupils in non-examination classes for a two week break as medical experts are on the ground to study the situation.

Ministry of Health spokesperson Kamoto Mbewe has disclosed in a telephone interview that 40 cases have so far been recorded since the first case was noted on 17th October 2012...
 
Re: Zambia: Suspected measles break out at Mpelembe Secondary School- Rubella confirmed

Source: http://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=18475

It’s rubella, not measles – Katema
November 1, 2012 | Filed under: Local News | Posted by: web editor

SYDNEY MWEWA
GOVERNMENT says the disease that recently broke out at Mpelembe Secondary School in Kitwe is rubella and not measles.
Minister of Community Development, Mother and Child Health Joseph Katema said at a press brfeing in Lusaka on Tuesday that the 53 cases of suspected measles that were reported at Mpelembe Secondary School have been confirmed to be rubella by doctors at the University Teaching Hospital...
 
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