Parents urged to get children vaccinated

Highly contagious: Measles could spread between four days before and after the onset of the ‘measle-like’ rash.

PETALING JAYA: Preventable diseases such as measles can spread quickly due to a drop in routine vaccinations, say health experts as they urge parents to ensure their children are fully immunised.

Universiti Malaya expert in epidemiology and public health Prof Dr Sanjay Rampal said the number of new cases drastically dropped when immunisation against measles was introduced in the National Immunisation Programme (NIP).