Mongolia's total number of confirmed measles cases exceeds 3,000

24/5/2025 16:56

Mongolia has registered 114 new cases of measles infection over the past 24 hours, bringing the national caseload to 3,042, according to the country's National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) on Saturday.



Meanwhile, 95 more measles patients have recovered from the disease, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,904, the NCCD said in a statement.



According to Mongolian doctors, more than half of the latest confirmed cases were among school-age children who had received only one measles vaccine shot.



In view of this, the NCCD advised parents to protect their children from a potentially severe disease by getting them two doses of the measles vaccine. Measles is a highly contagious viral disease transmitted by respiratory droplets and direct contact.



Common complications include fever, dry cough, runny nose, sore throat and inflamed eyes. The disease can be prevented by immunization.