'Vaccine denial' behind measles deaths in south Thailand

Local Islamic teachers preaching vaccination 'forbidden' for Muslims.

The "vaccine denial" common in some Muslim communities has contributed to the deaths of at least six patients, including children, during a measles outbreak in the far South.

Though vaccines are proven to prevent diseases, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) is worried that a measles epidemic is quickly spreading in the three southernmost provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat -due to a large proportion of the residents rejecting immunisation for religious reasons.

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