After mid-day’s series of reports prompted the BMC to check and confirm measles outbreak at Rafi Nagar in Govandi, officials from the state health department visited the area on Thursday. They directed the civic officials to conduct door-to-door screening of all the 3,000 houses daily, for the next 10 days. Meanwhile, additional camps have been added to vaccinate children who have missed any of their shots.
 
The three-member team of the state health department has also directed the BMC to continue with the vaccination camps at Rafi Nagar for immunisation against measles as well as other preventable diseases. The Union health ministry will also send a team to take stock of the situation on Friday.

“We have directed the BMC to screen every house at Rafi Nagar daily, for the next 10 days. We have also asked the civic body to conduct a survey on the status of other vaccinations that are part of the children’s immunisation programme. A special camp will be conducted to immunise kids who have missed their vaccination(s),” Dr Nitin Ambadekar, joint director (health services), told mid-day.