Kathmandu, March 11 -- Over 60 children, mostly between 10 and 19 years of age, have been infected with the measles virus in Dhorpatan Municipality, Baglung in western Nepal.

The measles outbreak has hit wards 7, 8, and 9 of the municipality for the past 10 days.

Health officials say that 14 children with high fever and rashes all over the body, have been admitted to local hospitals.

"The disease is still spreading, and even infants under nine months have been infected," Bhumishwar Sharma, a public health officer serving at the Dhorpatan Municipality, told the Post over the phone from Baglung. "Spread of the disease has been suspected in the adjoining Badigad Rural Municipality, as several patients there have been hospitalised with fev...