Dahiru said Bauchi, Katagum and Toro local government areas had the highest number of cases, making it alarming compared to reported cases in the same period last year.
He described the outbreak as alarming, considering the morbidity ratio which increased in the last few months.
Dahiru also said surveillance indicated that the outbreak had spread to children who were above the initial target of under 5 years, a development he said called for urgent attention by all concerned medical and health authorities in order to check its spread.
He assured that WHO and other donor agencies including UNICEF were always ready to intervene.
He called on Journalists to support the campaign through regular reports in the media, as well as enlightening members of the public on the need to cooperate during the immunization and vaccination exercise which was scheduled to hold later in the month .
The WHO consultant pointed out that fixed posts had been put in place in all health facilities across the state for vaccination, while mobile posts would go from house to house to vaccinate children under 5 years.
In her presentation on the overview of measles in Nigeria and Bauchi State in particular, Mrs. Mojishola Afolabi of WHO said the situation was still redeemable with concerted efforts by all the medical and health stakeholders, pointing out that the involvement of Journalists in the Integrated Measles Campaign (IMC) would be of added advantage, as people would be made to be aware that the disease was around the corner.
Afolabi added that the IMC would be done alongside the normal Immunization Plus Days (IPDs) in order to ensure that the state maintained its zero WPV status attained since September 2009 when the last case was recorded in Dambam Local Government Area.
Executive Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Musa Mohammed Dambam confirmed the outbreak but assured that enough vaccine were expected from the National Primary Health care Development Agency, as well as other donor agencies for the IMC later in the month.
Musa Dambam also expressed worry that the situation had beenmade more difficult with the infection of people of older ages by the disease, thereby increasing morbidity by 2.0 percent, assuring, however, that the situation would soon get back to normal, calling on Journalists to join in the campaign through their various media organisations.
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