Days after Myanmar authorities claimed to have brought a measles outbreak in Naga Self-Administrative Zone (SAZ) under control, another child has died of the illness, reports Anadolu Agency.
A health ministry official said on Sunday that a six-year-old died late Saturday, bringing the death toll to 42 in nine villages in the Naga SAZ in Sagaing region, a mountainous area populated by people from the Naga tribes on the border with India. “The child was in his final stage [of life] when the doctors arrived at the village,” SAZ Chairman Kay Sai told Anadolu Agency.
Myint Han, head of the department of medical care under the Ministry of Health and Sports, said around 20 people remain in critical condition in intensive care. “The doctors are also administrating the vaccinations for children and some adults in the area,” he said.