Omo! E be like say measles don decide to waka come back, no be small wahala! Since early 2025, dem don report plenty cases wey dey rise. Put your ear down make I drop the matter for you.
Last year wey be 2025, wey don pass, dem record 49 outbreaks. This one na when at least three cases dey show up together. From this number, you fit hear say 87% of dem cases na from outbreaks. Me sef dey wonder, wetin dey happen with our children wey no gree collect their measles vaccine?
As e be so, three people die for this measles wahala, one na adult wey no gree vaccinate and two na small pikin wey dey school, no vaccine too. Na serious matter be this o, because measles no be play matter, e dey fit carry plenty yawa for health!
For your mind, measles dey spread like virus wey get big wings. E dey start with fever, cough, and that runny nose wey una sabi. If you no catch am early, wahala fit show when rash come begin spread from the face, down to the body.
Infected people dey contagious from four days before rash show until four days after dem don start to scratch. Na direct contact with liquid wey come out from mouth (like when you cough or sneeze) fit carry the virus go where person dey. This virus fit survive for air for up to two bloody hours! Omo, if we no shine our eye, e fit catch anybody!
And as e be na, measles fit cause serious wahala like pneumonia, encephalitis, and for areas wey past, death. The solution wey fit bring light na the MMR vaccination wey everybody suppose collect.
Make I drop this one for your mind, CDC don drop health alert as the cases dey rise. If you suspect say person don catch measles or don stay near measles person, abeg, make you alert your health provider make dem run check on your side!
Nigeria nor dey alone for this matter. From Europe, dem don share concern say measles don come back after dem don say e don enter elimination list. Countries like UK, Spain, and Germany don lose their measles-free status. Wetin dey happen na? The statistics dey raise serious eyebrows, with Romania and Kazakhstan dey run am with high cases.
Experts dey talk say as long as vaccines no dey reach 95% coverage, wahala go dey. If the government and people no join hand, this outbreak fit continue dey famish many innocent children!
The MCR (Measles, Rubella Commission) dey talk say the only way we fit stop this wahala na to vaccinate everybody wey fit be against am. E go make sense if everybody gree join body, no dey miss your shot o!
Muna no forget, check your vaccination record and make sure say you dey protected against measles. Time no dey waste, if you don notice say you get symptoms wey fit match measles, no wait make am grow, call healthcare provider make them dia!
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