ASADABAD (Pajhwok): The number of children infected with measles has increased in eastern Kunar province, but the sick children are treated and no one has so far died from the disease, health officials say.
Dr. Mehmood Riaz, in charge of investigating emergency cases at Kunar Public Health Department, told Pajhwok Afghan News that measles cases had increased in the province with the advent of summer.
He said they registered 210 measles cases in the last six months, showing a 10 percent increase compared to the same period last year.
He said there were many reasons for the increase in measles . . .
