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A child receives a vaccination against measles during a campaign in Juba, South Sudan February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Samir Bol/File Photo
Health officials in South Sudan's Unity State on Friday confirmed 21 more measles deaths among children between 5 years and 10 years of age, bringing the total death toll to 61 since July.
Elijah Nyuon Kuoyuot, the health surveillance officer in Rubkona County, said the latest deaths have been recorded in Rubkona and Koch counties, and in Bentiu internally displaced persons camp where some of the returnees and refugees who fled ongoing conflict in neighboring Sudan are being hosted.
"Measles death cases have rapidly increased due to congestion in the reception centers and in internally displaced persons camps in Bentiu," Kuoyuot told Xinhua in an interview over the phone.
The Unity State Ministry of Health initially confirmed 40 measles deaths and more than 800 admitted cases of measles in July alone.
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