ZAMBIA has recorded one thousand six hundred cases of measles from the time the disease broke out a week ago.
Director of Public Health and Research at the Ministry of Health Victor Mukonka disclosed this in an interview with ZNBC news in Lusaka, Saturday.
Dr Mukonka however, said the disease is under control.
He said all patients are receiving treatment in isolation centres, which have been set up.
Dr. Mukonka said the Ministry of Health will embark on a countrywide campaign and immunisation against measles in the third week of July.
ZAMBIA last had an outbreak of Measles over ten years ago.
ZNBC
Hope for the best and that it is really contained
Please, ZNBC should learn to give adequate information. If they say measles has broken out, is it countrywide? If not which areas are particularly affected? What are the control measures. Bad journalism ZNBC and Lusaka Times who always just lift stories without doing independent work.