LILONGWE (Reuters) - A measles outbreak has killed 197 people in Malawi since the start of this year, the highest number recorded in the country in the last decade, a senior health ministry official said on Sunday.
A total 54 people died during the last outbreak of the viral disease in the southern African country in 2000.
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