Measles Vaccination Campaign Launched in Sarlahi After 23 Children Test Positive

Sarlahi. Following the detection of measles infection in twenty-three children, a vaccination campaign has been initiated in Malangwa, Sarlahi. The measles-rubella vaccine is being administered to children aged six months to 15 years in Malangwa Municipality-3, where the infection was found, and the adjoining wards 2, 4, 8, 9, and 10.

According to Dr. Nawalkishor Jha, Chief of the District Health Office, approximately eight thousand children in six wards, including the measles-affected Malangwa Municipality-3 and its bordering wards, are scheduled to receive the vaccine. On Poush 24, a five-year-old boy in the Muslim Tole of Malangwa Municipality-3 showed symptoms similar to measles, and samples were sent to Teku, Kathmandu, for lab testing. The lab test confirmed measles infection in him. Subsequently, upon testing other children who came into contact with the infected boy, infections were found in 23 others, Dr. Jha stated.