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Two measles cases investigated by the government in recent weeks have been confirmed positive, bringing the total number to five this year and causing concern among health officials about a possible outbreak after the World Health Organization declared the country measles-free just last year.

The latest cases – found in an 8-month-old in Phnom Penh and a 10-month-old in Svay Rieng province – have the same strain that caused a deadly outbreak in Vietnam in 2014, Ork Vichit, manager of Cambodia’s National Immunization Program, said yesterday.

He said the transmission might have migrated from a neighbouring country.

read more http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/measles-confirmation-prompts-fears-action?

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