This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press – Lubna Abrouk
The Minister of Health, Amin Tahraoui, revealed details of the spread of “Bouhamroun” measles in Morocco.
In response to a parliamentary question in the House of Representatives on Monday, the minister said that measles has once again become a global challenge in recent years, particularly due to the decline in vaccination rates, which is the only solution to combat the disease. dangerous and contagious disease.
The minister specified that each patient transmits the infection to between 18 and 20 people around them, noting that the epidemic began at the end of 2023 in the Souss-Massa region and then spread to neighboring regions and spread to different regions of the region. Kingdom.
The total number of cases nationally as of October 2023 stands at 19,515 cases, while the number of deaths reached 107 cases, indicating that more than half of the cases were recorded in children under 12 years old.
