Narathiwat takes action to combat deadly measles outbreak

[snoop1130]

Narathiwat takes action to combat deadly measles outbreak

By Narong Nuansakul 
The Nation

 

 

Narathiwat is stepping up vaccinations against measles as the disease has already claimed several lives in two nearby southern border provinces.

 

A huge number of youngsters aged between one and five in Yala and Pattani have come down with measles in recent months, claiming the lives of 12 children.

 

The disease has been spreading from the two provinces to Narathiwat. To date, measles have struck 77 people in Narathiwat, with most patients coming from Rusoh district, which borders Yala.

 

“Local hospitals are now assigned to inject MMR (Measles, Mumps & Rubella) vaccines to risky groups of children,” Narathiwat’s public-health chief Wises Sirinthornsopon said on Friday.

 

He said vaccination was the best way to prevent the contagious disease from spreading.

 

“We hope we can vaccinate all children at risky schools within the first two weeks of the new semester,” he said.

 

He added that vaccination teams would then start injecting other local children.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30357766

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-11-2

[farang62]

quarantine during infectious phase!

[CALSinCM]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“Local hospitals are now assigned to inject MMR (Measles, Mumps & Rubella) vaccines

Interesting.  I've had all the childhood diseases as most people my age did when they were young.  I don't remember any of my friends dying. Getting measles, mumps, and chicken pox was just a rite of passage as a kid.  However, I was given the MMR vaccine as a teen and it just about killed me.  Some vaccinations have there place.  I get tetanus and rabies vaccinations due to working with animals, but overall the human immune system works pretty darn well if allowed to do it's job.  Imho.

[happy chappie]

On 11/3/2018 at 8:51 AM, farang62 said:

quarantine during infectious phase!

Even better inoculate before infection.nah forget that one.TIT