The outbreak of measles and rubella in the slum areas has thrown the health department into a tizzy as it's scrambling resources to conduct daily screening of more than 3,000 houses and organise vaccination camps. The problem aggravates as most of the people living in these highly congested areas are reluctant to get their kids vaxxed. The state health department has sent alerts to all medical health officers for tracking the unvaxxed kids in the areas of outbreak.
A three-member central team is already surveying Govandi where a boy, who died recently, was confirmed to be a victim of measles.
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