One more tests positive for measles

One more person has tested positive for measles, bringing the total to nine.

Health Protection Agency (HPA) said that an additional person had tested positive for the measles virus on Saturday, adding that this was the first individual to test positive within February.

The disease resurfaced in the country back in January, and the first case was reported on January 8.

The World Health Organization (WHO) publicly declared the elimination of measles from the Maldives during June 2017.

The first case of a three-year-old, whose parents had failed to administer the necessary vaccinations. Since then, authorities launched a three-month long vaccination drive.

While there are cases of parents refusing to vaccinate their children and anti-vaxxers, the Child Protection Act which is to come into effect this January will require parents to do so.