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August 8, 2019
The Director, Public Health/DiseaseControl Department, Abia Ministry of Health, Onyechere Nwokocha, has said that 22suspected cases of measles and one death were recorded in Mgboko, Obingwa LocalGovernment Area of Abia in June.
He made the disclosure in Enugu onThursday.
Nwokocha said that samples from thevictims were taken to the Public Health Laboratory in Lagos for analysis,adding that the result was still being awaited.
He added that the ministry had done casesearching in community to see if there are other suspected cases. Randomsamples from other households in the community were taken for analysis as partof measures to put the case under effective check.
The director said that the ministrycarried out surveillance about the disease all year round with informants inevery community, who were trained on how to identify the features of measles andother water-borne diseases.The public health expert said there was anongoing elimination plan for measles, which included routine immunisation