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Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
ULAN BATOR, May 17 (Xinhua) — Mongolia recorded 112 new measles cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 2,076, the country’s National Research Center for Infectious Diseases said Saturday.
Over the past day, 69 patients recovered, bringing the total number of recovered cases in Mongolia to 1,459, the official statement said.
More than half of the confirmed cases have been among school-age children who have only received one measles vaccine, doctors said. The National Center for Infectious Diseases has recommended that Mongolian parents vaccinate their children against measles in two doses.
Measles is an acute viral disease with high contagiousness. Its symptoms include fever, dry cough, runny nose, sore throat and inflammation of the mucous membrane of the eyes.
Measles can only be prevented through vaccination, Mongolian doctors say. –0–