QALA-I-NAW (Pajhwok): Local health officials in western Badghis province say that more than 800 cases of measles and eight deaths from the disease have been reported in the province in the last four months.
Mulaiv Mohammad Asif Qanet, Badghis public health director, told Pajhwok Afghan News that 806 children in the provincial capital and districts contracted the disease, with six children losing their lives and rest treated in the first four months of this year.
However, he said that the number of people infected with measles reached 508 and deaths associated with the disease were seven last year . . .
