The Maharashtra State Health Department fears that the number of measles cases will increase further as November to March is the transmission period. After Mumbai, new outbreaks have already been seen in Buldhana, Aurangabad and Pimpri Chinchwad.
Poor living conditions, big family sizes, lack of proper health services, sanitation facilities and nutrition, poor immunity, missed vaccine doses and reluctance for the inoculation are some of the major reasons for the outbreak of the disease in the city
Active Covid cases have dropped from 3,000 in September to 134 this month. This is a steep drop of 96.36%. The number of daily cases has also dropped below 30, disproving initial speculations that new Omicron sub-variants could result in a surge.