New Delhi: A one-year-old boy has died of measles in Mumbai amid the outbreak of the viral an infection within the metropolis the place 126 youngsters have contracted the illness thus far this 12 months, civic officers mentioned on Tuesday. The boy, from Null Bazar space, was present process remedy on the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation-run Kasturba Hospital in Chinchpokli since final week and died on Monday, a BMC official mentioned.

According to docs, “septicemia with acute renal failure with measles bronchopneumonia” was the reason for the kid’s loss of life, the official mentioned.

Some components of Mumbai have witnessed an outbreak of measles. At least 99 youngsters have been discovered contaminated with the viral illness since September and 126 since January this 12 months, as per the civic physique’s bulletin. The BMC has arrange a particular ward on the Kasturba Hospital for the remedy of the youngsters contaminated with measles.

As per its bulletin, 61 youngsters had been admitted to the Kasturba Hospital with measles-like signs between November 4 and 14. Twelve of them had been hospitalised on Monday, it mentioned.

Civic officers have appealed to the mother and father to get youngsters within the 9-16 age group vaccinated towards the illness.

“In measles, the child gets fever, cold, cough and red rashes on the body. Complications from this disease can be serious in children who are partially vaccinated or unvaccinated,” a BMC launch earlier mentioned.

The Union Health Ministry final week mentioned it has deputed a high-level multi-disciplinary staff to Mumbai to take inventory of the upsurge of measles circumstances within the metropolis. The staff will help the state well being authorities in instituting public well being measures and facilitate operationalisation of requisite management and containment measures, it had mentioned.