Indonesia's East Java is battling a serious measles outbreak, with 2,000 cases recorded and at least 17 children in the past eight months. The government launched a mass vaccination drive today, with 80,000 vaccine doses distributed to Sumenep regency, where the provincial government has declared the measles outbreak an extraordinary event. Officials said the outbreak may have been triggered by a decline in routine paediatric immunisations during the COVID-19 pandemic, as most of the children

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