PRO/EDR> Measles update (42): Myanmar (SA), Japan ex overseas, RFI

Measles — Myanmar
Despite claims from Myanmar authorities that the deadly measles that swept through 9 villages in the mountainous Naga Self-Administered Zone of north-western Myanmar [Sagaing Region] was “under control”, the number of deaths continues to increase — with latest figures putting the confirmed deaths at 68.
Last week, one of Myanmar’s state-run newspapers wrote that no more deaths from the viral disease had been reported in the region as the situation was finally under control. Naga