By Nobumba Nobumba
23 October 2009
Measles has claimed a life of a Potchefstroom mother of two teenage daughters.
35 year old Rina van der Merwe is one of the latest victims of one of the biggest outbreaks of measles to have hit the country in recent years.
Spokesperson for the National Institute for Communicable Diseases Lucille Blumberg has again appealed to parents to give permission for a third booster vaccination, which pupils were now getting as part of a government campaign.
Meanwhile, eight suspected cases of measles have been reported in Johannesburg prison. According to the Gauteng health authorities, one thousand prisoners were vaccinated since Wednesday.
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