Juba, December 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) South Sudan has declared a measles outbreak following a steady increase in the number of confirmed cases over the last 38 epidemiological weeks.
John Rumunu, director general of Preventive Health Services at the Ministry of Health, said on Sunday that 31 deaths and 2,471 measles cases have been reported in 22 counties across the country.
“Based on the number of laboratory-confirmed measles cases across the country, the National Health Ministry declares a measles outbreak in South Sudan,” Rumunu told reporters in the South Sudanese capital Juba.
He added that South Sudan has witnessed repeated measles outbreaks since 2021, mainly due to the disruption of routine immunization services and inadequate implementation of supplementary immunization activities, the Xinhua news agency reported.
“The last national measles immunization campaign was conducted in 2020 with vaccination coverage of less than 85 percent, below the recommended target of 95 percent,” it said.
Rumunu added that they will carry out immediate epidemiological investigation to determine the extent of disease transmission, strengthen routine immunization services across the country, conduct measles immunization campaigns, and manage complications from the disease.
Source: IANS
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