The Director, Public Health/Disease Control Department, Abia Ministry of Health, Onyechere Nwokocha, has said that 22 suspected cases of measles and one death were recorded in Mgboko, Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia in June.
He made the disclosure in Enugu on Thursday.
Nwokocha said that samples from the victims 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 case searching in community to see if there are other suspected cases. Random samples from other households in the community were taken for analysis as part of measures to put the case under effective check.
The director said that the ministry carried out surveillance about the disease all year round with informants in every community, who were trained on how to identify the features of measles and other water-borne diseases.The public health expert said there was an ongoing elimination plan for measles, which included routine immunisation
