AlJ reports:
Nearly 90,000 suspected cases of airborne infection recorded since January, health minister says....
Ilunga added the mortality rate was estimated to be at 1.8 percent, a figure which translates to more than 1,500 deaths.
actually, I suspect the death rate is higher: often the children get better after the rash disappears, then they die one or two weeks later because Measles causes "anergy" or lowered immune system response, and die of pneumonia or tuberculosis.
"To stop the chain of measles transmission and prevent future epidemics, at least 95 percent of the population have to be vaccinated," he said. More than two million children were vaccinated in April, according to the health ministry, with anothe
r immunisation campaign covering a further 1.4 million others set to be launched "in the coming days".
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