MANILA: The Philippines is battling a surge in measles cases in the capital Manila as well as elsewhere in the country with dozens dying from a disease which was long under control.
As many as 57 people, including infants and children, have died at the government-run San Lazaro Hospital in Manila, its spokesman Dr Ferdinand de Guzman said.
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