The BMC is planning to vaccinate around 1.2 lakh kids aged between six months and five years with an additional dose of measles and rubella vaccine in all outbreak areas. The civic body has urged the state ministry of health to reconsider their recommendation that Measles and Rubella Containing Vaccine (MRCV) can be administered to children aged 6-9 months only in areas where the disease prevalence is more than 10 per cent among that age group. 

There are some areas in the city where measles prevalence is lower than 10 per cent, but in a bid to ensure safety of the children in view of the outbreaks, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has made the request. State health officials and BMC officials held a meeting in this regard on Friday. A civic health official on the condition of anonymity said, “Officials attending the meeting have suggested this to the state officials and they were positive about it.”