Algeria, Measles toll mounts

16 January 2019

Over 27,000 measles cases were recorded across the country last year and 18 deaths resulted (in Ouargla, Relizane, Msila, Biskra, Tamanrasset and El-Bayadh) with the outbreak continuing into 2019. To the SW, there has been an increase in measles cases in Mauritania, with the latest reports from Boutilimit, approx. 150kms SE of the capital Nouakchott.  Read more

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