Measles epidemic is spreading in India and killing children, prevent it with these 5 ways

Thursday 17 November 2022 – 06:40 WIB

LIVE lifestyle – Bombay, Indiais currently struggling with the plague measles mortal who claimed life baby one year old boy. This creates panic for people who also have children because of the danger of measles that could lurk.

Quoted from p The health sitethe city of Mumbai is grappling with the epidemic pathology measles which suddenly becomes lethal especially for children. Among the spread of infection virusa one-year-old boy also died from this infection.

According to civil officials, 126 children have been infected with the disease this year. Nearly 99 of them have been infected since September 2022. Some parts of Mumbai are experiencing a more intense outbreak than others.

The recently deceased one-year-old was hospitalized and under treatment until he died on Monday, November 14, 2022. Doctors said the baby died of septicemia with acute renal failure with measles bronchopneumonia.

Meanwhile, in October, three babies aged 5, 3.5 and 13 months died within 48 hours of contracting the virus. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) carries out door-to-door surveillance to identify suspected cases of measles infection among children.

Here are some important steps all parents should take.