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Alarm bells sounded on growing measles cases

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KABUL officials said on Sunday.

In a joint statement, the Ministry of Public Health, the World Health Organisation(WHO) and the UN’s Children Fund (UNICEF) said the current figures were alarming since only 581 cases had been recorded in Afghanistan throughout last year.

Deputy Public Health Minister Ahmad Jan Naeemi said linked the fast increasing cases of the highly infectious diseases to parents’ negligence in vaccinating their children.

He said the first round of an . . .

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