DOH vaccinates 1.1-M children in BARMM vs measles-rubella
(FILES) A child reacts during a Philippine Red Cross Measles Outbreak Vaccination Response in Baseco compound, a slum area in Manila on 16 February 2019.
Photo by Noel Celis/AFP
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(FILES) A child reacts during a Philippine Red Cross Measles Outbreak Vaccination Response in Baseco compound, a slum area in Manila on 16 February 2019.
Photo by Noel Celis/AFP
The Department of Health (DOH) said it has vaccinated over one million children in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) against measles-rubella.
As of 1 May, the DOH has inoculated a total of 1,777,299 children aged six months to below 10 years old with measles-rubella vaccine for the Measles Outbreak Response Immunization (MORI).
The DOH is targeting to vaccinate 1.3 million children in the region against measles-rubella.
This is following the alarming surge in measles cases with 77 percent of cases in the Philippines being reported in BARMM.
The country has logged 1,817 cases of measles from 1 January to 13 April, which is five times higher compared to those reported in the same period last year, according to DOH.
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