47 children from Dhorpatan Municipality Wards 7, 8 and 9 of Baglung have been infected with measles. A few days ago, samples of 8 children were tested after sporadic signs of measles were seen in children here. During that time, the National Public Health Laboratory had reported that 1 person had tested positive.

Similarly, 47 people have been confirmed to have measles so far during sample testing conducted by the Provincial Public Health Office on Tuesday and Wednesday. According to Raju Khatri, the office's vaccination supervisor, there is a risk of spreading the disease throughout the village if immediate treatment and isolation are not provided.

Doctors from Dhaulagiri Hospital and Burtiwang Hospital, including Khatri, have said that many of the potential children have been found to have problems during health examinations. ‘Initial testing showed that there could be many problems, we are looking for immediate prevention measures,’ he said, ‘We are also looking into whether it originated in the village or was transmitted from somewhere.’ He said that since it is a highly contagious disease, it is likely to spread quickly among school-age children.

Most of those infected are between the ages of 10 and 18. Deepak Thapa, head of the local health post, informed that most of the children have fever, cough and body aches. ‘These villages are in remote areas, so it is possible that they were not vaccinated first,’ he said, ‘There may be other reasons, it cannot be said for real without a study.’ He informed that primary treatment work is being done for immediate prevention.