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Cape measles outbreak now official

The Western Cape Department of Health has set up isolation wards to deal with a measles outbreak that has affected more than 500 children in the province over the past few months.

26 Feb 2010

It has also officially declared a measles outbreak in the province.

On Thursday the department said that as a result of an increased number of confirmed measles cases, children's health services across the province were operating under "significant pressure" to curtail the disease, which commonly affects young children.

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