Health authorities expand immunization efforts in CARAGA region

Health personnel in CARAGA region have expanded their immunization efforts against measles as the recorded cases in the area already reached the alert level.

A Filipino child who is suffering from measles is treated inside a government hospital in Manila, Philippines Source: AAP Image/ EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG

The Philippines health department declared a measles outbreak in Metro Manila and Central Luzon. At least 55 deaths have been recorded since 01 January, mostly children under the age of four, according to  Health Secretary Francisco Duque III.