Saturday, 31 August 2019

PRO/EDR> Measles update (59)

Measles -- DR Congo
More than 5600 measles cases were reported during the week ending 11 Aug [2019] in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including 141 deaths, from 23 of the 26 provinces of the country, according to the latest published data.
Since the beginning of the year [2019], 155 460 total measles cases have been recorded. 1/3 of the health zones in the DRC have reported confirmed measles outbreaks. A nearly 2% case fatality rate, or 2953 deaths, has been reported. Nearly 60% of cases reported

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6651427&promed&0

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