After Malappuram, Kerala's Kozhikode reports fresh measles cases

Kozhikode: In the north Kerala district of Kozhikode, cases of measles have been reported, and authorities have urged parents to vaccinate their children, who are not inoculated yet, as soon as possible, PTI reported.

Kozhikode witnesses fresh cases after neighbouring district Malappuram reported fresh cases recently.

In Kozhikode, eight children were reported to be infected by the viral disease in Nadapuram's Kuttiyadi health block, officials said. They said that more symptomatic samples were sent for testing.

After the reported cases of measles, an emergency task force was formed on Tuesday under the patronage of the district collector. Collector N Tej Lohit Reddy said that Those children, who are yet to receive the mandatory vaccine, should be administered it at the earliest.

He said that a joint effort of various departments of the government has already started to restrict the further spread of the disease. There will be awareness campaigns to educate and persuade parents to inoculate their kids. It is learnt that those infected children are those who were yet to get jabbed. Therefore, all parents have been directed to vaccinate their children without fail, the collector added.

Further, the Tuesday meeting discussed different preventive measures to avoid the spread of the disease in the district.

Recently, there were more than 460 measles cases reported in the neighbouring Malappuram district.