Mozambique: Measles outbreak declared in Nensa after 33 confirmed cases – report

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Mozambique: Measles outbreak declared in Nensa after 33 confirmed cases – report

2:32 CAT | 26 Sep 2024

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“We are also carrying out prevention and vaccination. We have mobile brigades, and we are isolating Nensa” to stop the spread of the disease. health director of the district of Marromeu Julieta Fernando said.

The first case of measles was registered in a new-born on September 5,

The health authorities in Sofala, in the centre of Mozambique, have declared a measles outbreak in the village of Nensa, in the district of Marromeu, after registering 33 cases of the disease, an official source announced.

“We have a cumulative total of 33 cases, all of which are outpatient cases. There have been no serious cases, no hospitalizations, and no deaths,” said Julieta Fernando, health director of the district of Marromeu, quoted by the media today.

According to the official, the first case of measles was registered in a new-born on September 5, in the town of Nensa, which led the authorities to conduct screening for the disease.

“We are also carrying out prevention and vaccination. We have mobile brigades, and we are isolating Nensa” to stop the spread of the disease. Fernando said.

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On September 13, Mozambique announced the start of measles vaccination in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, where it planned to immunise 1.7 million people after registering 341 cases of the outbreak and 18 deaths.

On August 10, 2023, Lusa reported that Mozambique had vaccinated five million children aged 9 months to 4 years against measles in less than a week, in order to prevent an outbreak of the disease above initial estimates.

The campaign ran from July 31 to August 4 in all districts of the provinces of Manica, Sofala, Tete and Zambézia, as well as in nine districts of the province of Niassa.

Source: Lusa