No fewer than 19 children have been killed in the Mubi North Local Government Area of Adamawa state as a result of measles complications.
This was stated by the Commissioner for Health, Mr. Felix Tangwami, during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Mubi on Saturday.
He reported that around 200 children from the local government area had already been affected.
According to him, the outbreak was reported in Yola on Saturday, prompting a rapid deployment of health experts and drugs to affected areas.
He stated that children with severe infections would be referred to hospitals.
The commissioner stated that the medical team would relocate from Mubi to Gombi Local Government Area, where another outbreak was recorded.
However, he blamed the outbreak on parents’ failure to immunise their children against the virus.
