Measles — Myanmar
The “mystery” disease that has claimed the lives of at least 40 children in northwestern Myanmar since mid-June [2016] was identified as measles by doctors on [Fri 5 Aug 2016]. The region where the illness has hit borders eastern India and is populated by people from the Naga tribes.
According to Athung Makury, the president of Council of Naga Affairs (in Myanmar), the assistant director general of Union Public Health, Myanmar, Dr Than Tun Aung, has diagnosed the illness as measles. “But he
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