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Over one million Indian children missed measles vaccine in 2022: WHO
Updated On: 18 November, 2023 08:25 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
Measles is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease that requires high population immunity for transmission to be interrupted
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A whopping 1.1 million children in India missed their routine immunisation against measles in 2022, indicating suboptimal surveillance against the disease, according to a new global report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Measles is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease that requires high population immunity for transmission to be interrupted.
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