Babies who are between one to six months old will most likely be passed the immunity of the measles vaccination through breastfeeding.
This has been highlighted by the Head of Health Protection Dr. Aalisha Sahukhan.
Sahukhan says babies under the age of six months cannot be vaccinated so they are encouraging all women between the ages of 19 to 39 to get vaccinated.
When asked about people over 39-years-old being turned away by vaccination teams, Sahukhan says the measles vaccine was first introduced into Fiji in 1982 so people born before that are most likely to have gotten exposed to the virus already thus they are most likely to have gotten measles.
She says that once you have gotten measles, you won't be able to get it again as you will have life long immunity.
Phase 2 of the mass immunisation campaign to tackle the measles outbreak in the country started today.
Sahukhan says as of now the number of confirmed measles cases stands at 15.
She says 11 of these reported cases are from the province of Serua and Namosi, 2 from Suva and 2 from Rewa.
