Measles claimed the life of a one-and-half-year-old boy in Govandi last month, the BMC said on Wednesday. So far this year, the city has seen 90 cases of measles and rubella in 17 outbreaks, it said. Information about the viral disease is trickling in ever since mid-day reported that three children died in 48 hours at Rafi Nagar slum of Govandi last month.  

In October, there were 9 outbreaks—one in G-north ward (Dadar), two each in P-north (Malad west) and L (Kurla), three in M-east (Govandi) and one in H-east (Santacruz), the civic body said in a media release, adding that vaccine hesitancy on the part of parents was behind the outbreaks. The viral diseases mostly affect kids.