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Measles outbreak kills at least 42 people in northeast Nigeria

Sterile water is prepared for a one-dose bottle of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine [File: George Frey/Getty Images]

At least 42 people have died from a measles outbreak in a little more than a week in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Adamawa, the state’s health commissioner says.

Felix Tangwami said on Friday that the measles outbreak had mostly affected two local government areas where nearly 200 suspected cases were identified.

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