In the past couple of months, reports of deaths due to measles have become commonplace in the media. The outbreak of the disease has assumed epidemic level, with virtually every state in the northern part of the country recording cases of infections. Fatalities have been reported in a number of the states.
The severity and extent of the outbreak appears to have taken health authorities by surprise.
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