The Department of Health (DoH) has confirmed that measles outbreaks have been reported in various regions across the country, leaving at least 56 dead in the National Capital Region (NCR or Metro Manila), Central Luzon and Eastern Visayas.
MEASLES VACCINE Barangay (village) Payatas community health nurse Mylene Pontanos injects a measles vaccine to a child on Thursday. PHOTO BY RUY L. MARTINEZ