The Free State health department has embarked on an intensive measles awareness campaign, as the province is reported to have recorded 22 cases so far
Mvambi said the Fezile Dabi district also had a spike in measles cases - with one in Frankfort and three in Kroonstad.
Mvambi said the Free State was implementing a comprehensive response to the measles outbreak and an awareness campaign that should sufficiently empower the community with information, as well as make the public an integral part of the response. Eastern Cape health department spokesperson Mkhululi Ndamase said the province had recorded two cases in Nelson Mandela Bay, where a 14-year-old girl had just returned from Zanzibar, and a four-year-old in King Sabata Dalindyebo municipality. He mentioned:
Ndamase said health teams had also visited schools to offer the jab and only pupils whose parents or guardians had signed consent forms had been immunised at schools.
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