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Update news measles

Social News Headlines 15/4

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25 children die of measles

 VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty-five children, most from the northern region of Vietnam, have died of measles since the end of last year, according to the Health Ministry.

Social News Headlines 7/4

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Extra measles vaccinations to meet recent demand surge

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health's Centre for Research and Production of Vaccines and Biologicals will complete production of an additional two million doses of measles vaccines over the next month to meet increasing demand.

Measles cases on the rise, 3 dead

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 240 people have tested positive to measles in 24 provinces since the beginning of the year, including three child fatalities, according to statistics from the Ministry of Health (MoH).

Measles threat looms large

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Health Ministry has ordered all provinces to intensify measles prevention and quarantine measures as the epidemic is likely to spread due to the humid and cold weather and the increase in travel at the beginning of the year.

Measles returns to Hanoi after three year

 VietNamNet Bridge - From early January, Hanoi recorded 98 cases of typhus, suspected of measles, of which 30 cases were positive for measles.

Measles is back after many years

 VietNamNet Bridge - After more than three years without a single case of measles, the HCM City Children's Hospital 1 now receives 5-6 child patients per day with complications.