Ulaanbaatar
Cabinet starts considering measures to stop measles outbreak
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Cabinet, on its Monday regular meeting, resolved to set up an emergency working group in charge of management of assessment and prevention of measles outbreak. The group will be formed at the National Emergency Commission.
The governors of localities have been assigned with managing the vaccination for children under age of one. Vaccination will take place through ambulatory and door-to-door services.
The cabinet also told employers to allow paid leave for mothers with 0-1 age children for two working hours a day.
The Government is budgeting 982 million MNT (495 thousand USD) for fuel, sanitation and decontamination at the medical centers dealing with the measles outbreak.
Some 450 million MNT (230 thousand USD) is considered for purchasing required medicines for measles patients.
