(MENAFN- Tribal News Network) Peshawar:
At least four children have died and over hundred are hospitalized following measles outbreak in Mankial tehsil of Bahrain in Swat.
The health officials of Saidu Sharif hospital reported that over hundred children were admitted in the hospital due to measles epidemic and four of them have died.
The victims include three-year-old Salman and one and a half-year-old Luqman who are both brothers, six-year-old Sarbaz Khan and five-year-old girl Farhat.
A wave of panic has been sparked among the locals of Mankial over the alarming number of affected children.
According to the Assistant Commissioner of Swat, Aftab Ahmed, the teams have been dispatched to the hospital and affected areas who have vaccinated the affected children as well as 608 others.
Measles also known as Rubella is a viral disease that is formed in the respiratory system in infants and children under the age of 10.
It is a contagious disease that is easily spread from one person to another; for instance, through the saliva of an affected person as if he coughs or sneezes, the virus is spread in the air consequently a healthy human being can catch the virus easily.
Measles start with fever, runny nose, severe cough, sore throat and red infected eyes followed by rashes on the body.
Parents can protect their children from measles by being vigilant and alert that their children be fully vaccined by anti-measles vaccination on the time of birth of a child or within two years.
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