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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
ULAN BATOR, June 16 (Xinhua) — The death toll from measles in Mongolia has risen to six after another child died in the past 24 hours, the country’s National Research Center for Infectious Diseases said Monday.
Meanwhile, 693 patients are undergoing treatment in hospital, including five children in critical condition, the official statement said.
More than half of the confirmed cases have been among school-age children who had received only one dose of the measles vaccine, Mongolian doctors say.
In view of this, the National Research Center for Infectious Diseases of Mongolia advised parents to protect their children from the potentially severe disease by giving them two doses of the appropriate vaccine.
Measles is an acute, highly contagious viral disease characterized by a cyclical course. Common 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 believe. –0–