Dhorpatan: Cases of measles have been detected in Dhorpatan Municipality of Baglung district. The Health and Population Ministry is going to launch a vaccination campaign against measles in the municipality.
According to National News Agency Nepal, Chief of Child Health and Immunization Service Section of the Department of Health Service, Dr. Abhiyan Gautam, shared that around 7,000 children aged 10-20 years within the municipality would receive the vaccine against measles. Measles was confirmed in five persons of the municipality’s ward no. 7, 8, and 9 during tests conducted at the National Public Health Laboratory, Teku.
Similarly, 56 suspicious patients have been kept under observation. Chief Gautam mentioned that a team comprising doctors has reached the municipality and activities are underway to control the disease. The first case of measles was detected in a person who returned from India in the third week of February and visited the hospital. The disease might have spread from him, he added.
Measles is a highly infectious disease, and one measles-infected person can infect another 18 persons. Chief Gautam stated that blood samples of 18 patients have been sent to the National Public Health Laboratory, Teku, for testing. Thirty people suffering from symptoms of measles in the municipality have been admitted to the hospital so far.