Several diseases struck many countries around the world, and their beginning was since 2020, with the outbreak of the new Corona virus in Wuhan Province, China, to spread throughout the world, leaving behind millions of victims and billions of injuries and complete destruction of most health systems in all countries of the world, and then followed by several Viruses spread and became wild over the past few years to infect citizens and become an epidemic killing thousands on a daily basis. During the past few hours, Al-Arabiya TV channel showed on its screen a new report on an outbreak of measles in an African country.
Update on measles spread in Africa
The report, which was published by Al Arabiya satellite channel, said that the African country of Zimbabwe witnessed a large and widespread outbreak of measles in its cities during the recent period. About 157 children have died inside the country from various cities, following contracting measles.
Death toll from measles outbreak in Africa
And the published report on what is happening inside Zimbabwe continued, that the authorities had indicated that with regard to the number of deaths from measles victims, they witnessed a doubling in the numbers in less than a week, and as for the number of infections, they exceeded the two thousand injuries during the last few period.
The cause of the spread of measles in Zimbabwe
The report, which was published by Al-Arabiya channel, pointed out that the Zimbabwean Ministry of Health confirmed that the cause of the spread of measles during the past few weeks was due to religious gatherings that occurred in its cities, and the Ministry of Health in Zimbabwe called on all tribal leaders to accept the vaccination of children, because they are the most vulnerable The report pointed out that the World Health Organization during the last period is facing a rise in diseases that can be prevented through vaccines.
