Latest Epidemics News & Updates

Ulan Bator, Feb 9 (IANS) The total number of measles cases in Mongolia has increased to 14,123, the country’s National Centre for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) said on Monday.The majority of new measles infections were among school-age children who had had only one shot of the measles vaccine, the NCCD said in a statement.In view of this, the NCCD advised parents to protect their children from a potentially severe disease by getting them two doses of the measles vaccine.Measles is one of the worl…