NEILLI (Pajhwok): Nearly 80 percent of children in central Daikundi province have been administered measles vaccine and the virus was under control, an official said on Saturday.
Dr. Haidar Ali Ameeri, surveillance officer at Daikundi Hospital, said measles cases were on the decline and only one positive case had been registered in the past month.
Measles cases have recently declined after a spike in recent years.
In 2020, 34 positive measles cases were registered, in 2021, 25 positive cases while 58 positive measles cases were registered in the first five months of the ongoing year.
Dr. Ameeri said no death . . .
